| New Scooters are showing up almost daily, something | | | | more and more a new style of what is known as a |
| that speaks of the ever going popularity of the | | | | foldable scooter is being utilized by an older generation |
| scooter in general. The functionality of the appearing | | | | as they traverse from mass transit portals to office |
| designs highlight the ease at which new technologies | | | | buildings and other places of work or leisure. |
| such as thermoplastics and high tech aluminum alloys | | | | Foldable scooters cross several design lines and |
| can be adapted to structures not originally considered | | | | encompass almost ever design level of the scooter |
| candidates for their use. | | | | market. Starting with the foldable kick scooter which |
| The fast advancements in hi tech polymers and metal | | | | might not be small enough to fit into a brief case, but it |
| alloys has given the humble scooter new life in an ever | | | | is small enough to be folded and placed under the |
| broadening market today. Not only are these materiasl | | | | desk once you get to work. Next would be the |
| being used in high end powered scooters, but in the | | | | foldable electric scooter. Some what more bulky, and |
| modest push scooter or kick scooter as they are also | | | | weighing in at about 50lbs and able to carry 200 |
| known. | | | | pounds with a range of between 10 and 15 miles or 20 |
| These small inexpensive scooters tend to be thought | | | | to 25km per charge cycle, its no wonder they have |
| of more as a sidewalk toy for young children. But | | | | become so popular with dual mode commuters. |