Prices - What do electric scooters cost?
Cheap electric scooters for children start at about 90 € to 100 €. Here, in most cases, the street approval and it is sacrificing quality and performance in purchasing. From 150 € to about 500 € models are available, with which even adults find a cheap entry into the world of electric scooters. Between 500 € and 1,500 € are models that are also suitable for use with commuters. This is where the often mentioned issues of street legality, range and reliability come into play and also the supply of spare parts is given. For top models such as the soon to be released X2City scooter from BMW, prices up to € 2,500 are also conceivable.
Buy used electric scooter
Also the used purchase can represent an alternative to the new purchase. However, the following considerations should be made. Since the market for electric scooters is just being developed, there are not many used offers available yet. In addition, it should be learned how many kilometers the battery has already delivered power. Because after a few hundred to 1,000 charges, the capacity of the battery decreases in the worst case and the specified ranges can not be achieved. In addition, you should always inspect the model personally. A few scratches accumulate in the course of use, but a bent handlebar or grinding noise while driving can also be indicative of crashes and accidents. Possibly. a new acquisition of a reduced price scooter is the better choice, especially since the manufacturer has to give a guarantee on the device here.
Buying criteria:
What to look for when buying an electric scooter, which components are particularly important and what is there to report material and quality.
Battery and range:
The battery is the heart of the scooter. Therefore, pay attention to the specified range, the number of possible recharges and, if necessary, the possibility to replace or recharge the battery. High ranges are about 40 kilometers with one battery charge, and the trend is rising.
admission:
It is absolutely necessary to check whether the chosen electric scooter is street legal. Otherwise fines, penalties and the device is confiscated or confiscated in the worst case.