They made a TSA Friendly E-Scooter
And its here - well on pre-order. Fully funded in 5 hours.
EcoReco is not new to scooters, they've released quite a few over the years but this one has a lot of important (to a lot of people) features. Easily switchable batteries, TSA compliant setup (can remove battery from scooter, and TSA compliant kWH battery capacity), performance, and fairly portable.
Segway MiniPro Deal on Amazon Prime Day
It is a full $300 off what I paid last month. I'm going to go ahead and give this transporter two thumbs up and my highest recommendation for the best non-hoverboard hoverboard. This is much closer to the life changing transportation device that Dean Kamen promised many years ago before the introduction of the first Segway.
I use mine every single day. I come up with excuses to use it. I ride it inside and outside the house. If you have some money to spend on an electric vehicle, this should be on your short list of devices to consider and I honestly was not expecting this when I pre-ordered mine.
Segway Mini Pro Released
Released here in the states that is. Its a smaller, lighter, and cheaper segway which allows handsfree control. More importantly, its UL certified and much safer than a hoverboard ever was.
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Casey Shows off First Boosted Board 2 Unboxing
In today's V-Blog Casey shows off the new Boosted Board 2 briefly, but a prototype - (pre-order with $100 off).
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I test rode version in 2014 and bought one in 2015. There are very few things I absolutely rave about in fun factor, and this is makes my top 10.
Urb-E Electric Scooter Now On Amazon
Now in stock - reviews sound amazing. It just may be the perfect ride for commuters.
Boosted Boards - First Look, and Test Ride
It's 12:30 PM on a beautiful day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perfect to be outdoors enjoying the sunshine, and nice sunny breeze. I had just finished having a teleconference meeting down the street from Google HQ, and was on my way to Boosted Boards HQ.
Working at Starbucks across from Google Campus, computer history museum. - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA
Yesterday I had reached out to them via their website link and asked for an in-person demo since I was in town.
It was just a short trip over from the Starbucks I was working at. I walked in to their head quarters, met with an empty lobby. No person in sight; not even ‘the bell’ to ring which a sign to the right indicated. A few moments go by, and I waved someone down who was walking past the hallway. He motioned me to come on in.
I followed him towards the back, walking past a bunch of skate boards. I immediately recognized them from the bright orange wheels - the unofficial color of boosted boards. All seem well used, and tested no doubt. What struck me was they pretty much looked like any other mid to high end long board with just a hint of some mods done to it.
Through the short hallway I went into an open warehouse space filled with personal electric vehicles of all sorts and types. I went straight up to the first person sitting closest to me whom I recognized from some video interviews as Matthew Tran (co-founder of Boosted Boards). I greeted him with a firm handshake, briefly introduced myself, and asked if I could try out one of the boards.
I suppose he was taken by surprise since I had been communicating with Christina yesterday about dropping by for a test, but he recognized me from a post on Facebook about some tickets they had for tonight’s California Academy of Sciences event.
Short on time because my earlier go-to-meeting event had run longer than anticipated, and I had to pick my GF up later that afternoon— I got to the point and asked to test ride one of the boards.
Matthew walked me to the demo boards I saw earlier, picked one up with a controller, and a skate helmet, and we walked out onto the driveway. He set the board down, helped me to adjust my helmet a bit and gave me about 2 minutes of instruction. I mentioned that I skateboarded a long time ago, but that I also snowboard from time-to-time so he showed me the simple to use grip controller and let me get on-board and get going.
@boostedboards HQ trying out their production electric long board for my first time. #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA
He had me setup on beginner mode for safety reasons,
Go-Ped Factory Tour
I'm a fan of alternative transportation (vs regular gasoline powered cars). Personal transportation in particular is one that I feel more people can improve upon in their lives. Does it really make sense to drive a 2 ton vehicle out for a local trip to the grocery store or rent movies? What a waste!
Sadly, at least in most of California, I see few people using alternative transportation for such short local trips. I've seen one segway, a few bicycles used by some staff, a motorcycle every now and then, and a handful of people who walk from across the street here in So. Cal.
Go-ped goes a long way into making personal transportation fun and practical. They recently released a line of bulletproof kick scooters that I think everyone should consider in an urban / city / metropolitan environment.
Enjoy the factory tour!
Sells Go-Peds.