Pioneer of Electric Scooters

According to records, Ogden Bolton, the inventor of Ohio in late 1895, filed the first patent for electric personal travel equipment. By today’s standards, this is an Electric Scooter With Mini Lithium Battery and although the design was rough, the concept was revolutionary at the time, and changed the vision of driving power for personal travel equipment, and has had a profound impact on the emergence of electric scooters.

In the conceptual design of Mr. Ogden Bolton, the motor is located on the rear wheel hub. The motor uses a type of direct current with six electrodes. It also includes a 10-volt battery that may require 100A current. But Bolton’s model has never really been created, so it has not been used in any field.

First Foldable Portable Lightweight Scooter

In the early 20th century, a company called Ajax Motor in New York produced the first electric scooter, Eveready Autoped, with a price of $100 a unit. The German company, Krupp AG,  obtained Autoped’s production license in Europe from 1919 to 1922. But the sales was far from expectation, the production was suspended in 1921. Despite this, this electric scooter still had its own era.

The Eveready Autoped was powered by gasoline. The drive system was a four-stroke air-cooled engine mounted on the front wheel and had a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour.

When driving, the owner needed to stand on a platform supported by a 10-inch tire and operate through the handlebars on the steering column.

At that time, the designers considered the storability of this scooter and designed the steering column to be foldable. When not in use, it could be folded up to save space.

At that time, the non-human-powered Eveready Autoped was an advanced product. Of course, it is also one of the most significant transportation equipment in history. As a result, the Eveready Autoped scooter, an early means of transportation, still has a collectible value.

In 2016, Bonham auctioned one of the Autoped auctions, valued between $1,000 and $1,500.

From fuel to electricity

During World War II, the world faced a serious shortage of natural gas and oil. On the one hand, due to industrial development, the fuel consumption was very high. On the other hand, most of the available oil was used in war. As a result, many people are trying to find alternative sources of fuel to reduce transportation costs.

Inventor Earl Williams tried to turn a bicycle that used fuel into an electric bicycle. His design was called “Power Assisted Electric Scooter”. Marketeer produced this electric bike.

At the same time, European countries began to develop their own versions. They built about 400 electric skateboards. All of these skateboards were produced and manufactured by a Belgian company called Socovel, which was founded in 1936 by the Limelette brothers. They also sell these Urban Commuter Electric Scooter to the public.