Coronavirus: Lime removes scooters in US, other countries
Transport company Lime is pulling its electric scooters from nearly two dozen countries, including the United States, as the new coronavirus spreads worldwide.
Mar 19, 2020
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Paris e-scooters under pressure to prove green credentials
Pulling on makeshift roped hooks along a sun-drenched bank of the Seine River in Paris, Youva Hadjali and Edison Gompo fish out two electric scooters—not the most ecological fate for devices billed as a carbon-free fix ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Trundling into trouble: Singapore targets e-scooters after accidents
Tiny Singapore had embraced electric scooters in a big way, but deaths and fires linked to the two-wheelers have prompted authorities to introduce tough rules that could put a brake on their runaway success.
Nov 10, 2019
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Engineering
Scientists design 'smart' asphalts with magnetic materials for safer electric scooters
Scientists from the University of Granada have used magnetic materials in "smart" asphalts that modify their properties in the presence of external magnetic fields. This work—part of the wider research field of "smart cities"—would ...
Nov 7, 2019
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E-scooters in Auckland cost health system $1m in 7 months
Injuries from electric scooters in the Auckland region cost the health system upwards of $1 million in less than a year, a study from the University of Auckland shows.
Oct 22, 2019
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Hyundai scooter prototype to woo last-mile city riders
If the active and the restless in cities today want to go places as efficiently and emissions free as possible, then we can see why there are such warm fuzzies around the concept of the last-mile scooter. Transportation-watcher ...
Engineering
A smart electric scooter to improve urban mobility
Startups racing to deploy rentable electric scooters around the world seem to be following Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's famous motto for disruption: Move fast and break things. Unfortunately for those startups, the things ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Electric scooters: Love or hate them? Here's what you need to know
Scooters used to be toys only for children. Their motorized descendants, however, are now popular among adults.
Aug 14, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Fast, not so furious? Europe wrestles with electric scooters
Ban them outright. Issue speeding tickets. Make users take a driving test. From Paris to Berlin, European cities are searching for solutions to the two-wheeled phenomenon that's fast transforming cityscapes worldwide: Electric ...
Aug 13, 2019
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Atlanta bans electric scooters at night, after deadly wrecks
Atlanta is banning electric scooters in the nighttime hours during what's been a deadly summer for riders.
Aug 8, 2019
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