It’s official: eScooters are not helping the environment


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 04 Sep 2019

Environmental experts are increasingly sounding the alarm over the latest mobility trend to proliferate on the streets of inner cities around the world. — dpa

No exhaust fumes, no petrol tank, just pure electric power. eScooters might appear to be the very green innovation needed by many cities polluted by diesel cars to become more environmentally friendly.

But environmental experts are increasingly sounding the alarm over the latest mobility trend to proliferate on inner-city streets around the world.

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