Gogoro announces its GoShare battery-swapping electric scooter rental network

Source: Electrek electrek.co Gogoro has one of the slickest battery-swapping electric scooters in the world. And now you no longer have to actually buy a Gogoro scooter to experience the vehicles and their innovative battery swap stations. With the announcement of GoShare, Gogoro is entering the shared electric scooter market … Read more: Gogoro announces … Read more

Madison to study safety before pilot program for electric scooters

Source: madison.com With electric scooters proliferating and legalization looming in the state, Madison will first study experiences in other cities before a pilot program next year to see if their use here can be non-disruptive and safe. Currently, electric scooters are prohibited in the city under a statewide ban … Read more: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-to-study-safety-before-pilot-program-for-electric-scooters/article_edafc6f7-83ac-5fc9-8773-1d4a3eb1f116.html

E-Scooters like Lime and Flamingo should be embraced – let common sense prevail

Source: Stuff.co.nz www.stuff.co.nz Articles appear almost daily, calling for a ban on e-scooters in New Zealand. Now, after a man sadly died in Auckland while on an e-scooter – although he suffered a medical event – it prompted renewed calls for the scooters to be banned. The first time someone died in an automobile accident … Read more

Lyft the latest company to bring e-scooters to Minneapolis

Source: www.kare11.com More e-scooters are hitting the streets of Minneapolis. As part of the city-wide pilot program, Lyft is the latest company to bring scooters to the area. They recently added between 100 and 200 scooters, and could have more than 600 in Minneapolis soon … Read more: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/lyft-the-latest-company-to-bring-e-scooters-to-minneapolis/89-c12f27d9-5a5f-4c97-94c7-d438febf0f8f

Hoboken city council says ‘no’ to e-scooter November ballot referendum

Source: www.nj.com Thanks to a vote of Hoboken city council members, residents will not be voting on whether electric scooter ride-sharing companies should operate in the city. The City Council voted 5-2 Thursday on an ordinance to place a non-binding referendum on the ballot in November … Read more: https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/07/hoboken-city-council-says-no-to-e-scooter-november-ballot-referendum.html

Readers respond: E-scooters and pedestrians

Source: Oregonlive.com www.oregonlive.com As reported in “Divers pull e-scooters, bikes from Willamette River” on June 27, spokespeople for the e-scooter companies expressed their concerns: “vandalizing the scooters shouldn’t be accepted” and “if people see a scooter being vandalized, they should report it.” Report it to whom? We must assume that if e-scooter riders are seen … Read more