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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, longboards, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder why they don't just convert hph to gallons of gasoline equivalent at that point. Or maybe (US) fluid ounces is more common on scooters

At least kWh actually tells you the energy in the cell (in optimal comditions). Electronics still use Ah which is useless without disclosing the cell chemistry or mean potential

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Was the mention of US fl oz a joke or are there seriously scooters that specify their fuel or battery capacity in US fl oz equivalent?

As for amp-hour as a unit, I agree it's not convertible to watt-hours without the other cell parameters, and many consumer electronics will fail to specify this in detail. In some contexts like RC aircraft though, where the cell chemistry is well-known, amp-hour could be used along with only the max C-rate to compute an allowable charge rate in amps. Neither the cell/pack voltage nor cell configuration is needed here, provided the rating is accurate for the pack in question.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it was a joke but I did a brief search and it seems the tanks are listed in litres (nice) or decimal gallons (sacrilege)

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

Hopefully they at least used US gallons for some sense of consistency lol