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Their profit margins are huge, though. I bought an electric scooter for $300 (Segway ES1). It costs near nothing to charge. These scooters make back their mon
by randyrand 9y ago
Their profit margins are huge, though.
I bought an electric scooter for $300 (Segway ES1). It costs near nothing to charge.
These scooters make back their money in a mere 40 hours of use. A 1 week car rental would have to cost $35,000 to have the same profit margin.
- coatmatter 9y agoPeople who don't get around under their own steam (even if electrics are involved) don't see it the way you and I do. While they don't blink at the costs of car registration, fuel and maintenance cost (not to mention initial outlay), a few hundred dollars on a bicycle or scooter is seen as quite a leap of faith because they're unsure about whether they can adapt to fit it into their lives. Anglophone societies are very blinkered into thinking that car is king.