Author: Kristal / Source: Neatorama
Given the booming popularity of rideshare electric scooter in many U.S. cities, you’d be forgiven if you think that motorized kick scooter is a relatively new invention. In actuality, they’ve been around for over a century:
The Online Bike Museum explains that the Autoped, the first mass-produced motorized scooter ride in the U.
S., was “[e]ssentially an enlarged child’s scooter with an engine mounted over the front wheel.” Though some reports claimed it could reach speeds of 35 miles per hour, the steering column operated the clutch and brake, which the museum noted made the ride “unsteady” when it pushed 20 mph….
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