Taiwanese motorcycle manufacturer, Kymco, is launching a budget electric moped. It’s being reported that the Like 125 EV will cost an eye-catchingly affordable €1,200. It will feature an internal as well as removable batteries.

We tend to think that a removable battery is a pretty handy thing to have on an electric moped as most owners don’t currently have easy access to charge points.

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Ride Apart reports that the 3.2kW Like 125 EV has two. They’re not big though – just 650Wh each.

They are however supplemented by a 550Wh internal battery. The moped draws power from the removable batteries first with the internal battery serving almost as a back-up.

Kymco says the 27L storage compartment under the seat is also big enough to stash three further batteries.

There’d be a lot of chopping and changing involved, but all of these batteries combined would give the rider about 200km of range.

That’s not really the point of the bike though. With a price tag equivalent to a budget e-bike, affordability is the order of the day and in this area, it looks like the Like 125 EV will have few mainstream rivals. Even the Niu MQi+ Sport, which was previously £1,800, has gone up to £2,300 in recent times.

Electrek reports that Kymco is currently considering taking a leaf out of Harley Davidson’s book by spinning off its electric vehicle division.