Seems e-scooters aren’t as eco-friendly as you might think

ITEM: Dockless e-scooters are touted as green solutions for urban transport, but a new study says that actually they aren’t, once you factor in things like how they’re manufactured, how often they’re replaced, and making sure they’re fully charged. One of the key selling points of e-scooters as a last-mile public transport option is that they’re better for the environment because they replace cars that would otherwise be on the city streets. In other words, for every person riding an e-scooter, that’s one less car polluting the air with CO2, while the e-scooter’s emissions are far less than the car it’s replacing. One reason raw materials and manufacturing takes up a huge chunk has to do with the fact that e-scooters have a short lifecycle. Meanwhile, municipal governments could help with policies that allow e-scooters to remain in public areas overnight (especially if they don’t require recharging) and enacting or enforcing anti-vandalism policies to reduce the abuse of e-scooters that results in short lifetimes.

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