Gadgetory

you know the same kind of lithium-ion batteries that are powering your smartphones and tablets you're enabling a whole new segment of a mobility devices things like electric bicycles electric scooters I'm riding the m3e scooter from the company eco Rico I'm really impressed by the sturdy construction of this this is all aluminum fairly thick aluminum throughout up here on the handlebars we've got our brake lever we've got our accelerator that's this little thing right here and we have a gauge you got our start switch here to turn the whole thing on and this gauge shows our speed the charging level and total miles I've traveled now down on the deck here we've got our two wheels front and back of course and these are actually solid rubber tires so you won't get flats and they're fairly wide to handle the rigors of an urban environment we've got little shocks here do too much that notice the rides got a rough if you're unreal a rough pavement we have a kickstand that's really convenient and on this rear wheel we have a 250 watt electric hub motor that's integrated back in here along the side here we've got a charging port this battery pack on here can be charged from zero to full in four and a half hours or zero to 80% in two and half hours according to the company eco Rico also says this lithium Ferro phosphate battery chemistry means this battery can go through a thousand charging cycles so it's pretty long lib compared to a lot of other batteries on the market all right to get this thing started you actually have to run it by foot a little bit that's a safety measure once it's rolling that I can push the accelerator and I'm under power one convenient safety measure too is that if i push this brake lever while the accelerator is going it'll actually feet the accelerators I can break even with my hand fully depressed on the accelerator thing feels pretty stable at speed like this but I gotta admit the ride isn't all that smooth it's a little bit rough it's these hard tires and the suspension isn't all that soft this gauge here is also little bit hard to monitor when you're under way I'm thinking maybe a set amount of gauge would be easier I'd also like to see some lights on this thing for riding at night now one of the key features of the m3 II scooter is its foldable so I can fold it down just like this I can pick it up and carry it on a train or a bus except well it weighs 34 pounds so I'm going to get that workout I missed a while riding instead of walking the m3 lisper 999 dollars you can find a lot of other East scooters on the market but the m3 is lighter than the others has more range higher speed and it's battery will last longer it's a bit more expensive than the competition - but if it gets you to work on time it might be worth it you