Tag: personal transport
Halfords to launch Carrera e-scooter for £399
From the UK's best selling bike brand come its first-ever e-scooter. Available at Halfords from February 16th, the Carrera impel is-1 e-scooter will set you back £399 and boasts a number of innovative features. As well as a maximum range of 18 miles and a top speed of 15.5mph, features include 8.5 inch pneumatic tyres…
TIER announces plans to tackle illegal e-scooter use
Not sure who is going to go for this, but e-scooter operator TIER has announced plans to tackle illegal e-scooter use by letting private owners trade-in vehicles to be recycled, in exchange for ride credit. TIER is offering private e-scooter owners in the UK the chance to trade in their vehicles to be recycled or…
Berlin-based Grover launches monthly rental e-scooter
Here's an interesting idea. It's an e-scooter from Berlin-based company Grover that you rent monthly or annually, rather than paying for outright or on a pay-per-ride basis. Grover’s new e-scooter model is based on its customer survey insights showing that monthly e-scooter subscribers use their scooters for daily, essential trips rather than spontaneous and leisure…
Segway develops new e-Skates category, Drift W1 coming soon.
We've had hoverboards, otherwise known as 'Swegways'. Now it's the turn of electric skates or e-Skates. Billed as a completely new category of personal transport by Segway-Ninebot, the Segway Drift W1 will be the first product in the company's brand-new e-Skates category. The new Segway Drift W1 uses Segway’s self-balancing technology (built on more than 800 patents), giving it an unparalleled advantage in…
Foldable scooter eFOLDi raises half a million on crowdfunding website Crowdcube after one week
UK based innovation start-up eFOLDi has smashed its original target of £350,000, reaching over £500,000 of funding after one week on crowdfunding website Crowdcube. Revolutionising mobility for the masses, eFOLDi is billed as the the world's lightest, innovative and compact folding mobility scooter which can fit easily into the boot of any car. Offering users…
eFOLDI fold up scooter now on Kickstarter. The future of personal transport?
The eFOLDI scooter is now looking for funding on Kickstarter We write a lot about personal transport. About hoverboards, about electric bikes and electric scooters to name but a few. There are some really great products out there, but many of them fail to make it into the mainstream for whatever…
Review: Smart Glider ‘swegway’, £399. A revolution in personal transport
I have a confession to make. I still don't know what to call these boards. All the kids call them 'Swegways', but I've also seen them referred to as glide boards and hoverboards (though you don't seem to do much hovering to me). Whatever you choose to call them, all you need to know is…
WalkCar – the world’s smallest electric vehicle. Perfect for tube strikes?
Personal transportation is all the range with all kinds of hoverboards and so called Swegways now on the market, proving particularly popular with kids. But Japanese firm Cocoa Motors seems to be going one step further with a portable electric vehicle called the WalkCar that can be stored in a shoulder bag and has enough…
