scooters

For people living in Turkey’s big cities, the electric scooter has become essential to their everyday lives as it offers an alternative to public transport amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the soaring fuel prices. But as the two-wheeled electric vehicle proliferated on the streets, so did the traffic accidents, which sparked a debate in Turkey over their safety, Xinhua news agency reported. Between April 2021 and June 2022, eight people were killed and 899 others injured in the country’s accidents involving e-scooters,…

VinFast, a Vietnam-based electric vehicle manufacturer rapidly expanding its US and European operations, is set to bring its electric scooters to US riders. Those electric scooters are of the Vespa variety, not the standing kickscooter style that has also gained popularity in the US over the last few years. Not only is VinFast planning to bring its electric scooters to the US, but they won’t have to travel far either. Instead of importing its electric scooters, the company plans to build them locally in its…

The electric scooter segment in India is growing at an unprecedented rate and the latest OEM to join this race is the Hyderabad-based EV start-up EVeium. The EV two-wheeler manufacturer has made its debut with the launch of three of its high-speed electric scooters. These scooters are the COSMO, COMET and CZAR and the prices of these range between Rs 1.44 lakh and Rs 2.16 lakh. Speaking on the launch of the new scooters, Muzammil Riyaz, Partner & Promoter, EVeium said, “We are very glad that within a short period…

A new study released by electric scooter sharing company Dott shows that there’s a significant gender gap in the electric scooter market, and it’s exactly what you think it is: men greatly outnumber women in electric scooter ridership. According to Dott’s latest study, 71% of its electric scooter riders are men, with the remaining 29% of female riders comprising barely a quarter of the entire ridership. The company found that the gap narrows a bit in its more established markets such as France and Belgium, but…

Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, on Friday, said that like Tesla's Model S Plaid, they, too, could have had Cyberpunk 2077 on the dashboard, had Indian roads been a bit better. Well, let us explain. Ather's take on Twitter, perhaps in a lighter vein, came a day after Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, demonstrated that the new Model S Plaid was capable of running Cyberpunk 2077 on its new infotainment system matching “the level of PlayStation5”. Reacting to this, Ather tweeted: "Tesla's Model S Plaid can run…

It’s official. Ather Energy will unveil the 3rd-generation 450X electric scooter tomorrow, following which bookings for the same will be open. The price announcement is also expected to happen tomorrow. Why should you be excited about the new Ather electric scooter? Also read: Rajiv Bajaj: We consume OATS (Ola, Ather, Tork & SmartE) for breakfast For one, the longer range per charge. Homologation documents have revealed that the 3rd-gen Ather 450 will feature a bigger battery pack rated at 3.66 kWh, which is a…

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes Amazon’s new delivery via cargo e-bikes, Bafang releasing a new internally geared hub for bikes, the potential for USB-C e-bike charging, an awesome new European-built electric scooter called the Äike T, SONDORS Metacycle shipments, and lots more. This week the podcast is sponsored by Tern Bicycles, who recently released the Quick Haul…

As a balmy spring evening descended on western Paris, I needed to make my way across town to my apartment, roughly three kilometers away. The streets were congested, so I was hesitant to take a cab, and I didn’t feel like taking the Metro because it was hot and the station was far away. So I rented a battery-powered scooter that was available on the street and nipped through traffic, right to my front door. The trip was fun, not to mention affordable and speedy. It was also green, I assumed: E-scooters don’t belch out…

Electric scooters have seen a huge surge in popularity over the last couple of years with the discovery that they can be a surprisingly convenient and fun way to shave some time off the morning commute. With rising pollution levels worldwide, there are more people than ever looking for an eco-friendly alternative to driving or using public transport. They’re a big purchase, and you probably don’t know exactly what to look for from a scooter, so we’ve picked out some of the best on the market, breaking down the…

The Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilla recently announced a price hike for its portfolio in India which includes the Storm, SR sporty scooters, and SXR maxi-style scooters. The company stated that the new prices will become effective from this month itself. Although the prices have been hiked the company said there the models will not receive any mechanical or even cosmetic changes. The entry-level Storm 125 scooter now costs Rs 1.11 lakh, with an increase of about Rs 5,000. The company has also opted to raise…