https://www.techradar.com/news/the-rise-of-the-electric-scooter-why-the-new-breed-is-taking-over-our-streets

Conventional petrol scooters have long been a popular option for people living in congested cities with countless clogged up roads and nowhere to park. A no-frills two-wheeler with a zingy little combustion engine has been the perfect solution for zipping through traffic, plus they take up much less space than a car and they’re super-economical too. 

Now, though, there’s a new alternative in the shape of the electric scooter. These battery-powered machines have been with us for a while, but the choice today is growing steadily and that also means prices are falling. A variation on the e-scooter theme comes from NIU (pronounced ‘new’), which has just launched a brace of new models in the shape of the M+ and the N-GT.