The first electric scooter was for sale from 1915. The company Autoped in Long Island, New York, first introduced this scooter, or the ‘scooter’. The contemporary design of the electric kick scooter is very similar to the scooter.
The electric scooters only really became known when the concept of the electric scooter came into play. The concept was born in Singapore. In 2016, four graduate students got the idea to rent out e-scooters to companies and tourists. This local pilot project quickly became a huge success, everyone wanted to try such an electric scooter. It was also very easy to drive and you can easily go anywhere.
In 2017, the Singaporean company launched its widely known features: smartphone control, QR code unlocking and GPS tracking.