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Electric scooters can do 25km, which is a pretty decent distance.

>else we end up with things like the millions of dead ebikes we see in China

We end up with things like this in America too: https://slate.com/business/2018/04/astounding-photos-capture...

None of those bikes we saw piled up in China were ebikes and they were all going to be recycled. The VW cars are awaiting regulatory approval for export or resale. The scooters on the other hand are difficult to recycle and weren't even designed for shared use.

SF is 7mi across, no one is suggesting you take the scooter to Tahoe.

What we are saying is, that for every scooter someone is using, thats one less uber trip being taken.

Would you rather those people in the scooters drive?