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Re:Scooters are taking cars off the road, a survey says by davidgould on Monday October 29, 2018 @07:02PM (#18332431)
> The lime scooter is a Xioami which weighs 26.9 lbs (12kgs)

The original was a Xiomi, but they have been replacing them with heavier duty versions. The latest according to [0] weighs 40 to 45 lbs, (20kg).

[0] https://www.wired.com/story/lime-scooter-gen3-design/

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Re:Scooters are taking cars off the road, a survey says by hndamien on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @01:40AM (#18334198)
Yikes! I'm in Australia, so did not know this. Ultimately I think we should aim for lighter personal ownership rather than heavy, rugged sharing. And in those cases, use docks, and not dockless.
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