Electric Scooter

Nadine Little needed to charge her phone. The afternoon sun was high and bright in South Minneapolis as she headed west, past the rubble and ash of the buildings that had burned just days earlier, toward Powderhorn Park, where she had heard there was electricity available. She arrived to a…

One of the biggest reasons I tend to gravitate towards my ebikes rather than electric scooters is safety: I feel much more comfortable with big ol’ wheels than with the tiny wheels on most electric scooters on pothole-strewn city streets. Now a scooter startup called Taur, which launched its first…

Ecooter launches electric scooters priced like gasoline models Are you ready to go electric? Ecooter ET-1Written by Neil Pagulayan Switching to two wheels is not uncommon for car owners who are sick and tired of traffic in the metro. Imagine zipping past and through traffic to get from point A…

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Singapore-based electric scooter rental operator Neuron Mobility, has announced that it has successfully raised a further AUD$17 million (USD$12M) in investment led by top Australian venture capital firm, Square Peg, along with GSR Ventures. This brings the company’s total Series A funding to AUD$43.2 million (US$30.5M). The fresh capital puts…

If the premium Bird One is overkill for your transportation needs, Bird has a more reasonably priced electric scooter in store. The mobility company has released a custom-made Bird Air e-scooter that offers just a few frills for a not-too-outlandish $599. The foldable design is the clear selling point and…

TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge is believed to have been the first e-scooter rider to die on a British road.The 35-year-old was killed in a collision with a lorry in July last year. A statement on her Instagram page the day after her death said: ‘We all loved…

A great deal of talk and work has been made towards reducing the carbon footprint of cars but, sometimes, the best way to accomplish that is to reduce the use of cars entirely. Of course, that’s not really a viable solution these days but there are definitely times when having…

Don’t worry, Rihanna suffered only minor injuries after getting into an electric scooter accident last week.Over the weekend the Fenty Beauty founder made headlines—but not for finally releasing her highly anticipated new album or launching another groundbreaking brand. Instead, TMZ published multiple photos of Rihanna with visible bruises on her…

Rihanna has suffered facial injuries after "flipping over" on an electric scooter, according to reports in the US.It comes after photos emerged of the star with what appeared to be bruising on her face as she sat in a car outside a restaurant in Los Angeles on Friday. Image: Simon…