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The e-scooter isn’t new – London was zooming around on Autopeds a century ago
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Gas scooters were briefly popular again in the 1990s. Go-peds.
And here’s an article about why you don’t see them on the roads in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/oct/27/keithperry