It is unusually long for a two-wheeled vehicle at 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and has a distinctive torpedo-shaped body with full-length running boards and a long seat that lifted to reveal a substantial luggage compartment, using space that in most scooters is occupied by the fuel tank.

The fuel tank is positioned above the front wheel, with the headlight fitted into a recess and a luggage rack on the flat top surface.

The scooter was originally powered by the 175 cc ČZ two-stroke single-cylinder motorcycle engine, giving a top speed of 89 kilometres per hour (55 mph) and fuel economy of 3.2 litres/100 km.

A popular sidecar was also produced, though in limited numbers – approximately 900 in total – by Drupol in Stiřín near Prague.

[2] The company apparently achieved 25% New Zealand manufacture by value, with tyres, seat, trim, lights, controls etc.

was launched in 2013 for the development of an electric Čezeta – called the 'Type 506' – by British expat Neil Eamonn Smith.

Local engineering companies and the Czech Technical University in Prague partnered with Čezeta to develop advanced technologies for the throttles, battery, and ECU-CAN system.

On 15 September 2017, the Czech Ministry of Transport confirmed the homologation of the Type 506 as the country's first serial-production electric vehicle.

[4] In Summer 2018 the company completed a crowdfunding campaigns,[5] raising 20m Czech Koruna (approx 800,000 euro) in 10 days.