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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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High car prices have pushed people towards to the micromobility sector, where much smaller vehicles offer greater flexibility for a fraction of the cost.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

My understanding from the lawsuit is that OneWheel's issue was a software bug, and my understanding of how they handled the issues is that it wasn't very well done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I don't think it was a bug. It's just that people overpower the wheels and then crash.

Futuremotion added "haptic buzz" to help warn people when they're near overpowering the wheel.

I've met lots of people who just don't understand that the wheel keeps you balanced by driving faster than you're leaning. If you overlean it you crash.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most of what I know about the recalls that were done was from a Louis Rossmann video on it, and my impression so many months later was that it was a specific design issue either software or hardware that was only an issue with OneWheels.

I don't know which specific video I saw, and am assuming this one contains his understanding of events better than I can express it myself: https://youtu.be/Q_Mk-5XkSmY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, he nails it. I listened to the whole thing.

Basically exactly what I said, except for "ghosting" which is a problem where the board will ride without a user on it. Ghosting boards can be a hazard, but not to the rider

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm probably misremembering then. I'll rewatch to get back up to speed.

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