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A self-balancing scooter (also hoverboard, self-balancing board, segway, [1] swegway or electric scooter board) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider controls the speed by leaning forward or backward, and direction of ...
While shopping cart theft has also been a costly matter for retailers, the higher cost of the motorized carts makes their theft a greater issue to the store, and thereby leads stores to establish policies prohibiting the carts from exiting stores, even though a disabled person may have the need to bring the cart all the way to their vehicle.
A motorized scooter is a stand-up scooter powered by either a small internal combustion engine or electric hub motor in its front and/or rear wheel. Classified as a form of micromobility , [ 1 ] they are generally designed with a large center deck on which the rider stands.
As of November 2020, the number of electric scooters in China had reached around 300 million, with annual sales of more than 30 million units. [81] There were only 31,338 electric scooter sales outside the Asia-Pacific region including Europe. The US market is comparatively small, with an estimated 2,000 sold in 2012. [82]
In August 2006, Segway Inc. discontinued all previous models and introduced the i2 and x2 products, which were steered by leaning the handlebars to the right or left, [17] had a maximum speed of 12.5 mph (20.1 km/h) from a pair of two-horsepower (1.5 kW) Brushless DC electric motors with regenerative braking and a range of up to 15–25 mi (24 ...
Itavema Group; assembler of various Asian manufactured scooters Daelim / DNA Motors: South Korea: Formerly named Daelim Motor Company and Daelim Motorcycle, renamed DNA Motors in 2021; however the Daelim brand name is still used in some markets (e.g. UK). Derbi: Spain: Piaggio & C. SpA. Di Blasi Industriale: Italy: Range of folding mopeds [9 ...
Scooter (motorcycle), a motorcycle with a step-through frame, a seat, and a platform for the rider's feet; Mobility scooter, an electric mobility aid with more than two wheels; Motorized scooter, a powered vehicle similar to a kick scooter, ridden standing up; Self-balancing scooter, a dicycle with an electric motor, ridden standing up
Introduced in 2006, the Vectrix VX-1 was a maxi-size scooter, and was the first commercially available high-performance electric scooter. [3] It was capable of over 60 mph (97 km/h), and 50 mph (80 km/h) was reached in a little under 7 seconds, with maximum torque available from zero rpm, a characteristic of electric motors.