A tour de france stage winning cyclist might only average 219 watts over a 5-hour stage [1] although with bursts where they use more power - 20 minutes at 330w, 15 seconds at 1025 watts.

250w is quite a bit of power for something on the sidewalk or bike lane :)

(Of course, who knows how trustworthy these numbers are? I suspect scooter manufacturers know bigger numbers mean bigger sales, and choose their testing methods accordingly)

[1] https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/rig...

> 250 watts is less than half of 1 horsepower.

For a more precise fraction, it's almost exactly 1/3rd HP (33.9% compared to metric HP, 33.5% compared to imperial).