Collaborate Disseminate
Though folding e-scooters are nothing new, you generally have to carry them about in your hands between rides. The MiniFalcon has been designed to be collapsed down in three steps and stowed away in its own ukulele-sized backpack…
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Mobility startup Gogoro has been making waves in Taiwan for a few years now with its smart electric scooters, and has even built on its success there with expansions into Europe. It is now returning to its roots with a new scooter-sharing system for the city of Taoyuan, which will allow residents to hop aboard for a ride with the click of a button.
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Continue reading Gogoro's scooter-sharing service swings into action in Taiwan
We’ve seen a number of folding electric trikes over the years, including 2005’s Rider, the adaptable Scuddy, the teeny Trikelet and the suitcase-sized eFoldi. That last one has just had a design refresh that sees it lose weight, gain speed an… Continue reading Suitcase-sized folding e-scooter goes Lite, rolls for longer
Like many mechanically inclined parents, [Tony Goacher] prefers building over buying. So when his son wanted an electric scooter, his first stop wasn’t to the toy store, but to AliExpress for a 48V hub motor kit. Little did he know that the journey to getting that scooter road-ready would be …read more
Continue reading Failed Scooter Proves the Worth of Modular Design
We’ve been seeing a lot of foldable electric scooters, designed for use as “last-mile” transport between users’ homes/workplaces and public transit stations. Their little wheels, however, are no match for Oslo’s cobbled streets. That’s why a … Continue reading CityRabbit electric scooter is made for Norwegian roads
Cue up the [Christopher Walken] memes, it’s time for moped turn signals with more cowbell. Because moped turn signals with less cowbell are clearly the inferior among moped turn signals.
It seems that [Joel Creates] suffers from the same rhythm recognition disorder that we do. The slightest similarity between a …read more
Though some folks still walk to work from the city transit station, many choose to scoot in. Electric kickscooters mean that you’re less likely to arrive at the office in a sweat or out of puff, and there are lots of models to choose from – w… Continue reading BMW kicks it on city streets with E-Scooter launch
[Adam Zeloof] (legally) obtained a retired electric scooter and documented how it worked and how he got it working again. The scooter had a past life as a pay-to-ride electric vehicle and “$1 TO START” is still visible on the grip tape. It could be paid for and unlocked with …read more
Continue reading Retired Rideshare Scooter Skips the Reverse Engineering to Ride Again
Security researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to remotely hijack control of popular electric scooters, forcing them to dangerously brake suddenly or accelerate.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
Continue reading Electric scooters can be hijacked remotely – no password required
Beyond pride, the biggest issue keeping adults off small motorized scooters is the fact that their tiny motors usually don’t have the power to move anything heavier than your average eighth grader. That didn’t stop [The_Didlyest] from snapping up this $7 thrift store find, but it did mean the hot pink scooter would need to be beefed up if it had any hope of moving 170 lbs of hacker.
Logically, the first step was fitting a more capable motor. [The_Didlyest] used an electric wheelchair motor which had a similar enough diameter that mounting it was fairly straightforward. The original sprocket …read more