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"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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Update on looking for a cheap escooter that can go 10+ miles! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone!

Few months ago I asked about finding a good cheap escooter: https://lemmy.world/post/15970361

After watching this review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC8Fd7Hb1w&t=472s

I ended up buying this scooter!

https://gotrax.com/products/seated-electric-scooter

On Thursday did my longest trip with it and did nearly 13 miles, and it still had over 25% left. I weigh 140 pounds so me being light might be why it had such a good range.

Otherwise I use it a ton to go grocery shopping every couple days, get to dr appointments, and the like. It's wonderful for little me who works from home and is within 4 miles of most things I need.

Also I have a room mate who doesn't have a car for financial reasons, and they've fallen in love with it as well for running errands under 2 miles so they've mentioned they might get one once they get a bit more money so they don't have to borrow mine. Only complaint is I might try to make the basket bigger, as it's a tad small!

But yeah just wanted to throw out my experience for anyone else looking for a cheap escooter!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That one you linked to says 32 mile range! That's awesome.

I'm also really excited about airless tires, I got a couple for my bike and just riding around town. Not thinking about if my tire is going to pop or not make such a difference when I'm having fun on a bicycle.

I know there are some companies starting to make them in other sizes and I'm so excited for airless tires on ebikes and micromobility vehicles.