Consumer & Gadgets
The first rental electric scooters quietly appeared on the streets of Brisbane in late 2018. Four years later, distinctively colored e-scooters are seemingly everywhere, with trial schemes popping up in Melbourne, Sydney, ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Are e-scooters just the first sign of a shared-mobility revolution? If they are, then researchers at the University of Arizona intend to make sure that the emerging transportation system has functional models on par with ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you'll picture a car. But there's a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric ...
May 3, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
E-scooters have become a familiar sight in cities worldwide in recent years, with many new companies renting them for use. But their arrival has also brought new safety concerns. Now, researchers from Chalmers University ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Automotive
Petrol prices are hitting eye-watering highs. As global affairs put pressure on the availability of commodities, we're likely to continue seeing volatile petrol prices in the future.
Mar 24, 2022
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Automotive
In recent years, shared electric scooters (e-scooters) have taken cities around the world by storm. But how are people using this new mode of transportation? Seeking to understand the potential impacts of e-scooters on land ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Engineering
New Imperial College London research has highlighted the head injury risks to e-scooter riders from falls.
Jan 25, 2022
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Automotive
They can be seen in most big cities today, and are both a source of hope and a challenge: electrically powered scooters and bikes. Shared micromobility which allows users to rent and to share these e-scooters and e-bikes ...
Jan 3, 2022
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Business
A new study by scientists from Future Urban Mobility (FM), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, has found that ...
May 20, 2021
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Automotive
About 30 people in the United States have been killed riding electric scooters since 2018. Most—80% – were hit by drivers of cars.
Apr 16, 2021
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