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A self-balancing scooter (also hoverboard, self-balancing board, segway, [1] swegway or electric scooter board) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider controls the speed by leaning forward or backward, and direction of ...
A man riding an electric kick scooter. A motorized scooter is a stand-up scooter powered by either a small internal combustion engine or electric hub motor in its front and/or rear wheel. Classified as a form of micromobility, [1] they are generally designed with a large center deck on which the rider stands.
In 2015, a second sister scooter company was created, 'Chicago Scooter Company to offer a value-based line of scooters to compete with the lower-priced Chinese scooters in the market. As of 2019, their two models are the "Go." and "Go. MAX", both 50cc 4 T-based scooters.
The first personal transporter was the Autoped, a stand-up scooter with a gasoline engine made from 1915 to 1922. Engine-powered scooters and skateboards reappeared in the 1970s and the 1980s. Twike and Sinclair C5 were 1980s enclosed hybrid velomobiles that also used pedal power.
Neutron Holdings, Inc., doing business under the name Lime, formerly LimeBike, is an American transportation company based in San Francisco, California.It runs electric scooters, electric bikes and electric mopeds in more than 200 cities in nearly 30 countries around the world. [1]
The Solowheel won numerous awards including 2011 ISPO Bike BrandNew finalist in Munich, Germany and 2012 INPEX Invention Trade Show first runner-up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [12] It has been featured on The Weather Channel [20] and Bloomberg TV in 2011. [21] In 2012 on MLB Fan Cave [22] and The Doctors TV show.
Two-wheeled, three-wheeled and four-wheeled scooters which appeared around 2000. A kick scooter (also referred to as a push-scooter or scooter) is a human-powered street vehicle with a handlebar, deck, and wheels propelled by a rider pushing off the ground with their leg. Today the most common scooters are made of aluminum, titanium, and steel.
A scooter-sharing system or kicksharing system [1] is a shared transport service in which electric motorized scooters (also referred to as e-scooters) are made available to use for short-term rentals. E-scooters are typically "dockless", meaning that they do not have a fixed home location and are dropped off and picked up from certain locations ...