Word: batavus
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...rest are based in Europe, where mopeds have been popular for decades. The biggest makers are France's Motobecane, which has 5 million of its Mobylettes on foreign roads (including Bermuda, as legions of U.S. tourists have discovered); Austria's Steyr Daimler Puch; and Holland's Batavus. All have set up U.S. subsidiaries and are racing to open moped dealerships. Honda, the big Japanese maker of motorcycles and cars, as yet has no bona fide moped on U.S. roads, but it and other Japanese motorcycle makers are reportedly gearing up for American sales...