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Isn't a big part of the advantage of ride-share is that the vehicle is just there for your journey, you don't need to take care of it outside of that? These co

Isn't a big part of the advantage of ride-share is that the vehicle is just there for your journey, you don't need to take care of it outside of that? These companies companies seems to have exploded in valuation, driven I guess by VC money. I wonder how much of the rider-growth fueling that is just people trying out an electric scooter for the first time.

bbeekley 8y ago
> Isn't a big part of the advantage of ride-share is that the vehicle is just there for your journey, you don't need to take care of it outside of that? That's what I use it for. They're great for situations where I want to get somewhere that's 1-3 mi away and don't want to be responsible for the object I used for transportation once I get there (be it car, bike or scooter).
adrianmonk 8y ago
That's the advantage of ride share, yes, but ride share isn't the only application of electric scooters. If you live 2 or 3 miles from work, it might be good for commutes.
- vincnetas 8y ago
  When weather is nice i'm always choosing my scooter over a car on my daily 5 miles commute.
  - rjbwork 8y ago
    Even now, when it's <40f and 29f in the morning, I am doing my 3 mile commute both ways on my ebike. Its a fun quick ride that gets the blood pumping in the morning.
fyfy18 8y ago
> I wonder how much of the rider-growth fueling that is just people trying out an electric scooter for the first time I saw they have Lime in Madrid and a few other Spanish cities, and that was my impression for their usage here. For a 10 minute ride the cost is comparable to what you would pay for car-sharing scheme like Car2Go - but that's for a car where you can fit a passenger and shopping. It's also priced in USD here, which suggests it's not aimed at the local market. If they had pricing similar to bicycle sharing schemes (X minutes free, then pay per minute + daily/yearly subscription fee) I could see them being a lot more popular with commuters, but as it is now, my impression is it's too expensive for the European market.
- harperlee 8y ago
  But that’s also for a car that you need to park, and that stops at traffic lights. Depending on the travel, scooters are a great value proposition. I’d say shared electric motorbikes (also present in Madrid) pose a more direct threat to scooters: they accompdatr 2 people, speedier, safer (comes with helmet), easily parkeable, not affected by traffic jams (but dependent on traffic lights - in strictness)

bbeekley 8y ago

> Isn't a big part of the advantage of ride-share is that the vehicle is just there for your journey, you don't need to take care of it outside of that? That's what I use it for. They're great for situations where I want to get somewhere that's 1-3 mi away and don't want to be responsible for the object I used for transportation once I get there (be it car, bike or scooter).

adrianmonk 8y ago

That's the advantage of ride share, yes, but ride share isn't the only application of electric scooters. If you live 2 or 3 miles from work, it might be good for commutes.

vincnetas 8y ago
When weather is nice i'm always choosing my scooter over a car on my daily 5 miles commute.
- rjbwork 8y ago
  Even now, when it's <40f and 29f in the morning, I am doing my 3 mile commute both ways on my ebike. Its a fun quick ride that gets the blood pumping in the morning.

fyfy18 8y ago

> I wonder how much of the rider-growth fueling that is just people trying out an electric scooter for the first time I saw they have Lime in Madrid and a few other Spanish cities, and that was my impression for their usage here. For a 10 minute ride the cost is comparable to what you would pay for car-sharing scheme like Car2Go - but that's for a car where you can fit a passenger and shopping. It's also priced in USD here, which suggests it's not aimed at the local market. If they had pricing similar to bicycle sharing schemes (X minutes free, then pay per minute + daily/yearly subscription fee) I could see them being a lot more popular with commuters, but as it is now, my impression is it's too expensive for the European market.

harperlee 8y ago
But that’s also for a car that you need to park, and that stops at traffic lights. Depending on the travel, scooters are a great value proposition. I’d say shared electric motorbikes (also present in Madrid) pose a more direct threat to scooters: they accompdatr 2 people, speedier, safer (comes with helmet), easily parkeable, not affected by traffic jams (but dependent on traffic lights - in strictness)