electric scooter
noun
plural electric scooters
: a scooter propelled by an electric motor
The portable electric scooter is designed for adults and can travel 20 miles on one charge.—
Terry Gardner
Terry GardnerElectric scooters, which can be rented on an app, have become the latest entrant in the burgeoning urban hipster transportation market.—Ryan Teague Beckwith
Ryan Teague Beckwithcalled also e-scooter
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During the unrest, protesters set self-driving cars on fire and hurled concrete, electric scooters and fireworks at police officers on a closed stretch of U.S. Highway 101, according to the Associated Press.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
The Associated Press reported people standing above the closed southbound 101 Freeway throwing chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers and their vehicles that were parked on the highway.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
Surveillance video shows a gray Audi SUV driven by Stokes struck a man, who was later identified as the victim, on an electric scooter on Roxbury Street.
Stokes and a passenger, later identified as 54-year-old Jacqueline Adeyemi, then got out of the car and made their way toward the man.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
The Associated Press reported people standing above the closed southbound 101 Freeway throwing chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers and their vehicles that were parked on the highway.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
Surveillance video shows a gray Audi SUV driven by Stokes struck a man, who was later identified as the victim, on an electric scooter on Roxbury Street.
Stokes and a passenger, later identified as 54-year-old Jacqueline Adeyemi, then got out of the car and made their way toward the man.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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“Electric scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20scooter. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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