Electric Scooter

On the heels of unveiling its pink-wheeled e-bikes for the San Francisco Bay Area, Lyft is doing the same for its electric scooters in Denver, Colo. Lyft says these scooters are designed to be more durable, feature a more powerful battery and a hand brake. U…

BENGALURU: Engine maker Greaves Cotton Ltd, which launched its first heavyweight electric scooter last month, plans to set up at least 100 charging stations for two-wheelers across India in the next three months, as the government pushes for more electric veh…

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Bird snatches up San Francisco-based scooter startup

Bird is acquiring electric scooter and moped startup Scoot, confirming TechCrunch’s previous report that the two companies were in acquisition talks. “We are thrilled to welcome Scoot to the Bird ecosystem and look forward to working with the Scoot team as w…

Electric scooters are being treated as 'toys' despite them reaching speeds of up to 30mph (48km/h), scientists have warned. Around 32,000 people are thought to have been hospitalised in the US over the last nine years because they hurt themselves using the g…

From June, Lime, the leading French electric scooter brand, is speaking out for the first time about its riders behaviour.  France, like many other places, has seen rising tension over electric scooter users bad behaviour, which has led to negative media cov…

Facial and head injuries from riding electric scooters have tripled over the past decade, according to a Rutgers study. Electric scooter use has been increasing in popularity as an alternative to gas vehicles. However, state helmet laws vary, and the study f…

Why ? An e-scooter design competition is a competition with the purpose to rise awareness to STEM students about the often overlooked topic of sustainability. Why do we need this? Because, we teach our students how to design fast cars, or reliable cars or ef…

Range and recharge times are perhaps the two biggest issues currently facing electric vehicles. But StoreDot is ready to solve at least one of those. The company just showed off its fast charging batteries by topping up an empty electric scooter battery in ju…