A new F collection of eKickScooters had been launched through Segway-Ninebot this week with cellular related clever controls. These scooters, the F25, F30, and F40, every hook up with a Segway-Ninebot app. This app connects thru Bluetooth and lets in the proprietor of the scooter to improve the tool’s firmware, lock capability for the scooter, and display driving reputation and records.
Never in my lifestyles did I anticipate that I’d be writing an editorial approximately an electric powered scooter that would acquire firmware updates thru smartphone. But that’s the arena we stay in – one in which we’ve the capacity to quantify each thing of our lives (thru gathered records from the scooter, on this case), and manage each digital tool with super aplomb.
Each of the brand new F collection Segway-Ninebot scooters works with alternatives for driving modes. The rider can toggle among driving modes the use of the scooter’s LED dashboard. Riding modes supply the rider alternatives for long-lasting battery with much less energy draw (with Eco mode), huge energy draw and first-rate speed (with Sports mode), and a balanced Standard mode.
Both the F25 and F30 paintings with three hundred W energy output for “torque-on-demand” and each are capable of roll as much as 15.five mph. The distinction among the 2 lesser fashions is the range. The F25 has a variety of 12.four miles, even as the F30 has a variety of 18.6 miles.
The flagship version F40 has a 350 W nominal energy output, permitting this maximum superior version to blast forth at 18.6 mph. Segway-Ninebot shows that the F40 has the battery ability to run for “almost 25 miles with out a charge.”
Segway-Ninebot protected a regenerative braking machine with every of the 3 release fashions. Holding the brake as one rolls down an hill lets in the rider to generate energy for the scooter’s battery to increase a trip past the usual max distance. Battery energy also can be used to mild every scooter’s 2.5w LED mild.
The maximum simple scooter withinside the collection, the Segway-Ninebot F25, could be made to be had at Target shops throughout the United States. The F25 could be extraordinary to Target shops with a launch rate of approximately $500 USD. The F30 and F40 could be launched with expenses of approximately $650 and $770, and each could be bought on-line at Segway-Ninebot’s respectable store.
