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Are there really people out there who believe that these things are "green"? It was well known before that the life expectancy those scooters is measured in mon

Are there really people out there who believe that these things are "green"? It was well known before that the life expectancy those scooters is measured in months. It is also well known that electric vehicles with lithium batteries are "green" only if you use them for a very long time. IIRC for electric cars that would be something like four years of daily use -- mostly due to the pollution caused by the fabrication of the batteries. But of course, it isn't your city that gets polluted but some distant area where these things a built. If you want to be green, use a bike or some non-motorized scooter.

notatoad 7y ago
the xiaomi scooters that most companies started out with have a 280Wh battery. Teslas have an 60-80kWh battery. if you are saying it takes 4 years of daily use the make the manufacture of a 60kWh battery greener than driving, then it only takes ~80 days of use for a scooter battery.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y ago
  And the average scooter survives less than 80 days. Meanwhile most of the journeys on scooters where I live are replacing walking or cycling...
  - notatoad 7y ago
    Source? For either of those two claims
- deleted 7y ago
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