Electric Scooters
topic on 6 shows · 8 statements across 7 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
the Neon Show 
WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
8 statements about Electric Scooters, every show
Electric ride-on toys resist knockoffs through engineering complexity, not patent protection
“These electric motorcycles and scooters, they just keep getting stronger and stronger and stronger, and they're not as easy as To knock off as the scooter. You know, they're not, it's not so much the patent, but the actual technology in making them is quite ch…”
Villig: Future mobility disruption will come from new innovations, not incumbents
“Either it's going to be something new like electric scooters, or it's going to be self-driving cars, but I think it's going to be a completely different thing that's going to shake up the market, not the existing company.”
Mehta: Electric scooters emit 40% less than petrol scooters on current grid
“In scooters at least, our math was, it is. It is 40% less emission than a petrol scooter. You're at least reducing emission to 40%. Even if the grid does not become greener at all.”
Mehta: Batteries represent approximately 35% of electric scooter cost
“Batteries, I can't give the exact numbers, but in percentage, generally about 35% is a good estimate.”
Mehta: Electric scooters will decimate India's commuter motorcycle market within 10 years
“So my belief for the last several years has been electric scooters will decimate the
Commuter entry motorcycle market in India over the next 10 years.
What will be left as motorcycles is the premium and the high performance category, one 8200 cc and beyond, wh…”
Russakow: The global electric scooter market is worth $15 billion
“Even with electric scooters, which are all the rage now, it's already a fifteen billion dollar industry.”
Shirky: Regulatory licensing costs drove Shanghai's electric scooter adoption
“So Shanghai has moved to largely electric scooters in part by simply raising licensing costs. To the point where a market for electric scooters and charging stations emerged as a result to the market signals.”
Petersen: Imported Electric Scooters 15 Years Before the Modern Craze
“The scooter mania that's happening now is so fascinating for me because 15 years ago, my brother and I and our other business partner, Michael Kenko, we were importing electric scooters, almost the same form factor, similar price point.”