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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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E scooters are completely different:
they have significantly less range for the same battery size.
can't make it up some hills depending on the torque of the motor on the scooter
less comfortable to ride a long distance
easier to store and transport, especially in a small car or on the bus or train (depending on the size of the scooter)
more difficult to park/lock up outside in public spaces, but can sometimes be taken with you when a bicycle would have to be locked up outside
The OP is talking about electric mopeds, not electric "kick" scooters. The fact that scooter means at least 5 different things is very confusing but there you go.
The people that upvoted you clearly did not click either of those links. I also thought the commenter sounded like an old fart who was amazed at electric "kick" scooters. But then I clicked the link before writing a whole comment about it.
I didn't click the link either, but yeah I've never heard of mopeds referred to as "e-scooters" before, but I guess that could be a regional thing...
You've never heard a Moped be called a Scooter before? Dude put "scooters" in quotes. He was trying to convey it in a brief comment. You wrote out a huge, condescending reply instead of clicking the links. I think that's on you mate.