<story><title>Čezeta e-scooter: The rebirth of the chicest communist-era scooter</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/18/cezeta-electric-scooter-rebirth-of-communist-era-bike-chic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>freddie_mercury</author><text>£11,000! I can buy an electric scooter here for $700.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the article is really just a Press Release. So it doesn&amp;#x27;t go into any detail about what you get for all that money and whether it is worth it.&lt;p&gt;Where I live (not the US) there are a growing number of electric scooters. I&amp;#x27;d guesstimate maybe 20-30% of vehicles on the road now are electric scooters.&lt;p&gt;It is amazing how much quieter it makes...everything. Internal combustion engines are so noisy yet we&amp;#x27;ve become so accustomed to them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rasz</author><text>Its an artisan rebuild of 60 year old rusted East block engineering corpses targeted at hipster clientele.</text></comment>
<story><title>Čezeta e-scooter: The rebirth of the chicest communist-era scooter</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/18/cezeta-electric-scooter-rebirth-of-communist-era-bike-chic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>freddie_mercury</author><text>£11,000! I can buy an electric scooter here for $700.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the article is really just a Press Release. So it doesn&amp;#x27;t go into any detail about what you get for all that money and whether it is worth it.&lt;p&gt;Where I live (not the US) there are a growing number of electric scooters. I&amp;#x27;d guesstimate maybe 20-30% of vehicles on the road now are electric scooters.&lt;p&gt;It is amazing how much quieter it makes...everything. Internal combustion engines are so noisy yet we&amp;#x27;ve become so accustomed to them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dwd</author><text>An ICE scooter is usually in the 70-80db range. More lawn mover noisy than a car, and almost embarrassing to ride at night when it&amp;#x27;s quiet.&lt;p&gt;I finally tossed my old 50cc scooter just yesterday. Too noisy and while it got about 25km&amp;#x2F;l it only had a 5l tank which is less range than this electric.</text></comment>