Right, which is exactly why we should have banned them 20 years ago already. Just look at what happened with combustion engine scooters: we have been grandfathe

Right, which is exactly why we should have banned them 20 years ago already. Just look at what happened with combustion engine scooters: we have been grandfathering these shitty, loud things for 30 years straight now. Now there are hundreds of electric scooter manufacturers in China and basically none serious in the western world. It's just a bandaid that needs to be ripped off. Like RoHS getting rid of lead solder; that was never gonna happen without regulatory intervention.