| When considering buying a motorized vehicle for use | | | | Ebike scooters are environmentally friendly as well, |
| around town, most people stick to looking at cars or | | | | since they do not produce any harmful exhaust as |
| motorcycles, but there are some other choices you | | | | they operate. The only pollution from an ebike comes |
| may not have considered. For instance, an electric | | | | from whatever the local power plant puts out and the |
| scooter can bridge the gap between bike and | | | | possibility of improper battery disposal. Ebikes do use |
| motorcycle by providing you with a simple to use, easy | | | | high capacity batteries though, which must be disposed |
| and cheap to fuel vehicle that gets you from place to | | | | of correctly and cannot just be thrown out. Fortunately, |
| place as fast as you need to go. Unlike as with a | | | | these high capacity batteries also last a very long time |
| traditional bicycle, an electric scooter does not require | | | | so this does not come up often. |
| pedaling and can reach speeds of up to 20 miles per | | | | Motor scooters can be operated by anyone who can |
| hour, but it does not require you to get a motorcycle | | | | ride a bike and they do not require a special license to |
| license to operate it, either. | | | | drive them. Of course, children should probably not be |
| An ebike scooter is very cheap to buy and operate. | | | | using a motor scooter, but they make great substitutes |
| Because it runs on an electric battery, the only fuel you | | | | for bikes on longer errands like getting groceries or |
| need to put into it comes out of your electric bill, and | | | | commuting to and from work across town. |
| that is not much at all. Usually, it comes out to around | | | | These motor scooter ebikes do not need pedaling, |
| ten cents for a 25 mile charge, as opposed to gas, | | | | although it is an option on many of them. Most scooter |
| which can cost up to thirty or forty times that price. | | | | types were designed to let the rider sit down and |
| The vehicle itself is cheaper, as well. Scooters typically | | | | enjoy the ride. This way, you can get to where you |
| range in price from just under a thousand to five | | | | are going without getting out of breath, and the electric |
| thousand dollars, unlike cars which start from ten | | | | powered motor can reach speeds a person would |
| thousand, or motor cycles which start somewhere in | | | | have to work very hard to attain. |
| between the two. | | | | |