We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
It cannot be understated how important electric scooters will be for developing markets in Asia and Africa in the coming years. Replacing the noisy and highly polluting 2 stroke engines in those vehicles will do way more for the environment and quality of life than any $50k electric SUV will ever do.
E-Scooters have the great advantage that you can just take the batteries with you and plug them into any standard socket. No need for special charging infrastructure
Two years ago my wife and I bought a battery electric lawn mower (Ego). It’s worked out very well, so we bought a string trimmer from the same company. Both are really quiet and I like that, for the lawn mower, it folds up into about the space of a big suitcase and can stand upright, so it doesn’t take a lot of space in the autumn and winter when it isn’t being used.
Cutting the grass at 7am in the morning with a electric mower in the summer and not feeling like a dick since its so quite makes electric mowers worth it alone.
Interesting. I’ve cut a lot of grass with “riding” mowers whose ICE makes some attempt at a muffler. The blade type mower decks seem MUCH louder than the ICE. I wear hearing protection when I mow, I don’t when using the mower to tow a trailer around.
I could see it being rather different on reel mowers.
India and rural areas of China and other developing countries too… a small electric vehicle is much more affordable than any kind of ICE vehicle. Little cars, little trucks and bikes are closer to their price range and are more than good enough for driving around small towns and around villages.
It cannot be overstated how important electric scooters will be for developing markets in Asia and Africa in the coming years.
I’ll take a shot: Electric scooters in Asia will eliminate anthropogenic climate change singlehandedly.
Not only that, but they will be the key to trillions of people in Asia and Africa achieving immortality. Our transhuman future begins with them! Soon humanity will literally spread our wings (made of energy – clean energy) as we set out to explore our galaxy, and it will all be thanks to electric scooters.
9.5/10 good overstating. You got a small deduction from one of the judges for failing to mention how electric scooters will also solve peace in the middle east along the way.
How’s that possible when we had climate change when those people were living in a rural are using less electricity in a year for their entire lives than our refrigerators do?
Replacing the noisy and highly polluting 2 stroke engines
I think you may have a misconception. I lived in Vietnam. Most two wheeled vehicles are four stroke engines. I wonder if there are really any places where two stroke are the majority.
Yeah, but the 2-stroke pollution is mainly a local problem. All that HC/CO/NOX/particulates/SO2 stuff that your vehicle smog test is all about, that doesn’t really leave your region. Mt Shasta doesn’t care about Sacramento’s smog problem.
That’s why smog tests were a big deal even before Al Gore first heard about global warming.
It cannot be understated how important electric scooters will be for developing markets in Asia and Africa in the coming years. Replacing the noisy and highly polluting 2 stroke engines in those vehicles will do way more for the environment and quality of life than any $50k electric SUV will ever do.
So much more bang for your buck.
E-Scooters have the great advantage that you can just take the batteries with you and plug them into any standard socket. No need for special charging infrastructure
Now we also need those batteries standardized.
Same as power equipment. Electric is infinitely better than small engines and it’s taking off.
Two years ago my wife and I bought a battery electric lawn mower (Ego). It’s worked out very well, so we bought a string trimmer from the same company. Both are really quiet and I like that, for the lawn mower, it folds up into about the space of a big suitcase and can stand upright, so it doesn’t take a lot of space in the autumn and winter when it isn’t being used.
Cutting the grass at 7am in the morning with a electric mower in the summer and not feeling like a dick since its so quite makes electric mowers worth it alone.
Interesting. I’ve cut a lot of grass with “riding” mowers whose ICE makes some attempt at a muffler. The blade type mower decks seem MUCH louder than the ICE. I wear hearing protection when I mow, I don’t when using the mower to tow a trailer around.
I could see it being rather different on reel mowers.
What if I want to wake up my hungover neighbors who were keeping me up to 3 am though ?
Our Ego’s going on five years old. Heavily abused and cutting as well as ever. The snowblower does a fine job, too.
In Vietnam they sell recharged batteries on the street. You can just swap and go. It helps when the batteries don’t weigh 800 pounds.
For the world. But yeah, Africa is interesting to watch.
India and rural areas of China and other developing countries too… a small electric vehicle is much more affordable than any kind of ICE vehicle. Little cars, little trucks and bikes are closer to their price range and are more than good enough for driving around small towns and around villages.
They already are hugely important in Asia.
Think of all the gas powered lawn tools in the US.
I seriously hate gas powered air blowers. Loud, heavy and cumbersome vs a proper electric air blower.
I think you meant, “Overstated”.
I’ll take a shot: Electric scooters in Asia will eliminate anthropogenic climate change singlehandedly.
Not only that, but they will be the key to trillions of people in Asia and Africa achieving immortality. Our transhuman future begins with them! Soon humanity will literally spread our wings (made of energy – clean energy) as we set out to explore our galaxy, and it will all be thanks to electric scooters.
9.5/10 good overstating. You got a small deduction from one of the judges for failing to mention how electric scooters will also solve peace in the middle east along the way.
How’s that possible when we had climate change when those people were living in a rural are using less electricity in a year for their entire lives than our refrigerators do?
I think you may have a misconception. I lived in Vietnam. Most two wheeled vehicles are four stroke engines. I wonder if there are really any places where two stroke are the majority.
Yeah, but the 2-stroke pollution is mainly a local problem. All that HC/CO/NOX/particulates/SO2 stuff that your vehicle smog test is all about, that doesn’t really leave your region. Mt Shasta doesn’t care about Sacramento’s smog problem.
That’s why smog tests were a big deal even before Al Gore first heard about global warming.
Nitric acid is regional, not local problem.