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Abandoned e scooter plague, Repo man luvs dem

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chickenHeadKnob:
For those of us who have seen the movie "Repo man" you will know that "repo man is intense" even if he is confiscating e scooters that are littering private property.
Specifically the share scooters that are advertised as ride anywhere, leave anywhere. I would think that these scooters would have harvestable batteries and other valuable components which would nullify the business model via outright theft.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20696405/dockless-scooters-share-repo-men-repossessor-lawsuit-tow-yard-lime-bird-lyft-uber-razor

ataradov:
They are being harvested, but I guess there is not a lot of demand for second hand batteries. I sometimes walk past somewhat secluded space where I see dozens of those scooters in a busted up state. I assume this is the work of a homeless population, and they have limited access to ways to sell that stuff.

f4eru:
it's an investor bubble, i.e. it will deflate and self-limit given time, coz it's fundamentally not sustainable on a big scale.
But leaving behind heaps of trash in the process, unfortunately.
Reusing batteries is a good idea, but it's still really wasteful.

thm_w:
You can see how it turned out in China: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/

free_electron:
That e-bike folly will go on until someone sues for tripping over one and breaking an arm.
they are literally littering the streets with those things.

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