Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic

Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by vinceguidry on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:21PM (#17207662)

Scooter share services seriously are awesome, they bring mobility to the underserved in a way that buses extremely struggle to. They're awesomely cheap, and Bird can add demand to any area simply by trucking in a new load of scooters.

I don't know how long it'll last, but normal people can even make money charging them. It's got me considering spending $200 on my own scooter, though I think I'll just use the service until I'm ready to bite that bullet.

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by VectorLock on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:40PM (#17210004)

This was posted on HN earlier this month. Apparently the Bird charging isn't without its downsides http://fortune.com/2018/05/20/bird-hunting-scooter-charging/

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by SomewhatLikely on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:07AM (#17212830)

I would guess if these things stick around the collectors would be better served to have the chargers inside a van so they could continually collect and drop off.

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by zzleeper on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:56PM (#17208781)

I wonder the same thing. How the hell do the economics of these things work, if users pay almost nothing and birders get so much money daily?

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by vinceguidry on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:01PM (#17208821)

They can adjust pricing. What I'd be more worried about is theft. What happens once someone figures out how to disable the locking and posts the howto online?

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by VectorLock on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:39PM (#17209996)

There is no locking I don't think it just makes a racket when you take it when its not enabled. It is a light scooter after all.

Apparently there is value in stealing them to harvest the batteries.

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Re:Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic by 282883392 on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:26PM (#17209083)

VC funding.

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