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Razor USA LLC, better known as Razor, is an American designer and manufacturer of manual and electric scooters, bicycles, and personal transporters. The company was founded in Cerritos, California in 2000 by Carlton Calvin and the JD Corporation . [ 1 ]
The Razor Scooter is a compact folding scooter developed by Micro Mobility Systems and manufactured by JD Corporation. [1] Over 5 million units were sold in the six months following the launch of the first Razor scooter in 2000, and it was named as Spring/Summer Toy of the Year that same year. [ 2 ]
With the earned money, he founded Micro Mobility Systems in 1999 and started producing the two-wheeled Scooter, which was an even bigger success. Because of the excessive demand, he allowed his partner in Taiwan to distribute the Scooter in the United States with the name Razor for a commission. After selling about one million Scooters in 2000 ...
Prina (1949–1954) 125cc two-stroke scooter, in 1952 the 175cc JLO-powered Orix-Prina in conjunction with Orix — Italy [56] [97] Prior (1950s), Rebadged German Hercules scooters by Industria Ltd of London for the UK and Commonwealth markets, models included the Viscount — United Kingdom/West Germany [98] Puch — Austria
Videos like Razor Evolution (2000) and the RVM series (Razor Scooters Video Magazine) helped grow the interest in freestyle scootering, as a copy of RVM1 was included in the box with the first Razor A-model scooters. The popularity of the Razor scooter also resulted in the release of the video game Razor Freestyle Scooter (2000). [7]
Licensed by RazorUSA, a company that makes scooters and safety equipment, [4] Razor Freestyle Scooter has player controlling one of ten characters though a series of three environments while trying to perform various stunts and aerial maneuvers (a total of 45 moves are available in the game). [5]
Bird was founded in September 2017 by Travis VanderZanden, formerly an executive at Lyft and at Uber.It had its Series A round of funding in February 2018, raising $15 million led by Craft Ventures; this was followed by a Series B round in March for $100 million, led by Index Ventures and Valor Equity Partners, and a venture round in May for $150 million from Sequoia Capital, [4] becoming the ...
Four rental/shared electric kick scooters parked on a sidewalk in Portland, Oregon: One Razor brand and four Spin brand. Date: 29 June 2019: Source: Own work: Author: Steve Morgan: Permission (Reusing this file) See below; user must attribute the photographer on any reuse.