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by toxik 1000 days ago
A 12 mile range and price point of $1000? Who is this for?
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> the delightfully square-shaped two-wheeler is billed as a first- and last-mile solution “designed for the new realities of urban mobility.”

My first thought was salarymen going from train to home or office, not for home to office directly as some other solutions would be better at.

At 42 lbs or 19 kg, I find it hard to believe that anybody would be lugging this around more than a minute or two. The people I know that do take e-scooters to places typically roll them into the station and only fold them to stow, so the carrying is not very important.
I fit this description and would love to have one. It's less cumbersome than a bicycle and I'd arrive to work much less sweaty.