Breaking News & In-Depth Coverage of the Global Electric Scooter Industry
Ask most people what determines the price of an electric scooter, and the answers will probably revolve around things like brand reputation, motor power, build quality, or features like suspension and display screens. All...
When acquisitions in the electric scooter space make headlines, they tend to be about the consumer-facing side — one operating company buying another, or a larger mobility company absorbing a smaller competitor’s fleet and...
If you’ve followed the micro-mobility space for more than a couple of years, you’ve probably noticed a pattern that doesn’t get much dedicated coverage but is hard to miss once you start looking for...
If you’ve ever traveled between cities with an e-scooter and noticed that the same vehicle suddenly feels capped differently depending on where you are, you’re not imagining it. Speed limits for electric scooters vary...
For years, the running joke about shared electric scooters was that the business model could be summarized in three steps: raise a huge amount of money, drop thousands of scooters on city streets, and...
There was a period when “micro-mobility” was one of those phrases that made venture capital pitch decks write themselves. Cities full of underused short-distance trips, a clear sustainability narrative, and a product that was...
Over the past few years, a steady stream of headlines has covered cities introducing restrictions on charging and storing e-scooters and similar battery-powered devices inside residential buildings. Some coverage frames this as an overreaction,...
Every so often, a new set of market figures for electric scooters does the rounds — total units sold, year-over-year growth percentages, regional breakdowns. These numbers tend to get reported with a fairly simple...
There’s a perception, still common outside the industry, that Chinese e-scooter manufacturing is mostly about cost — large factories churning out designs developed elsewhere, optimized for price rather than innovation. That perception was never...
If you’ve been browsing e-scooter product pages lately, you may have noticed a phrase popping up with suspicious frequency: swappable battery. A year or two ago, this was a feature mostly associated with commercial...