Scooter vehicle with integrated pillion transport container

A scooter vehicle with integrated pillion transport container the scooter vehicle including at least two wheels, one driven wheel and one steering wheel, a set of handlebars for steering the steering wheel to direct a scooter vehicle, a seat for a user, a step through frame, a platform for a user's feet, bodywork panels fitted to the frame, and the integrated pillion transport container including a generally U-shaped lower portion to be attached to the scooter frame, the container having an enclosure defined by number of walls and having an interior portion adapted for receiving articles to be transported, and at least one illumination source located in the container for illuminating at least part of at least one external wall of the container, at least some of the walls to allow at least some of the illumination to pass therethrough, characterized in that the scooter vehicle includes a power plant associated with at least one alternator in order to generate electrical current, a switch mode power supply to smooth delivery of electrical current to the at least one illumination source powered at least in part from the electrical current generated by the at least one alternator through the switch mode power supply.