| Every day, at least tour times a day, customers come | | | | watt electric scooters is the actual output of these |
| in with questions about electric scooters. The main | | | | motors. Every electric powered scooter motor has a |
| thing that people are concerned with is how many | | | | plate with the rating stamped on it, look at yours and if |
| watts the scooter is. As a scooter shop retailer and | | | | it is supposed to be a 750 watt or 1000 watt motor, |
| service center, I'm here to educate you that it's not all | | | | chances are that it may be just a 500 watt motor. If |
| in the watts. There are things to consider when looking | | | | the dealer won't provide complete details, then our |
| at buying an electric powered scooter. | | | | advice is to stay away from that dealer; chances are |
| Watts, by definition is "The SI derived unit used to | | | | that they won't be there when you need them to get |
| measure power, equal to one joule per second. In | | | | your electric scooters fixed. |
| electricity, a watt is equal to current (in amperes) | | | | The most common wattage for the popular scooters |
| multiplied by voltage (in volts). " according to the The | | | | these days are going to be the 350 watt electric |
| American Heritage® Science Dictionary . When we | | | | powered scooters or the 500 watt electric powered |
| think of watts in the electric scooter, we think of the | | | | scooters. Our advice is to stick to these types. Don't |
| amount of output power that the motor can give us at | | | | tray to go higher. Even the true 750 watt electric |
| its peak. | | | | scooters won't get you much faster, maybe one to |
| In our experience, your more stable electric scooters | | | | two miles per hour and maybe three to four more |
| are going to be more dependent on not only the | | | | miles on a charge. Some 750 watt electric scooters |
| amount of watts that the motor is, but also with the | | | | will not even get you as far as the higher end 500 |
| type of controller and battery setup that comes with all | | | | watt models. |
| that power. | | | | I have a few 500 watt model electric powered |
| Over the years, we have seen electric powered | | | | scooters that can go an average of twenty ot thirty |
| scooters with a rating of 750 and even up to 1000 | | | | miles per hour and twenty to thirty miles on a single |
| watts. We used to carry these types of electric | | | | charge. One thing to remember is that both speed and |
| scooters. However, we had serious problems with the | | | | distance is dependent on the type of terrain that the |
| controllers and even had several that required so | | | | scooter is on as well as how much weight it is |
| much power that the controllers would literally catch | | | | carrying. The heavier the load, the less distance and |
| fire. After several attempts to eliminate this, we | | | | speed that you will get overall. |
| determined that the 750 and 1000 watt electric | | | | When you're looking at a new electric scooter, |
| powered scooters were not worth the possible | | | | remember that it's not just about watts and you won't |
| situations. | | | | be disappointed. |
| One thing to caution about the 750 watt and 1000 | | | | |