Guide: Where to Buy your Electric Scooter?

The electric scooter is today a major pillar of urban mobility. It shapes the urban landscape of all major metropolitan areas in France, and its market continues to grow. This can be explained by the numerous advantages that this mode of transport offers compared to buses, subways, personal cars, trams, etc. Indeed, traffic on the roads of large cities is increasingly dense and congested. Public transport, on the other hand, is often subject to technical problems, which contributes to a poor experience for users. With a wide range of electric scooter models available, it can sometimes be difficult to know which direction to take. Weebot presents in this article everything you need to know to buy your electric scooter and the differences between purchasing in a physical store and buying online.

The advantages of the electric scooter

Save time

The scooter offers a real time saving compared to other means of transport like the car, for example. For instance, a 25 km/h electric scooter allows you to avoid traffic jams in large cities. Finally, with the new regulations, you can in some cases go through red lights like bicycles.

Economic Advantage

The low maintenance of these devices and their electric motorization allows you to avoid many repair costs related to their use as well as to avoid paying for gas whose price has been continuously increasing in recent years. Additionally, you can benefit from a subsidy for the purchase of your electric scooter.

Respect the environment

With their electric motorization, electric scooters enable environmentally friendly urban mobility both for nature and city residents. In fact, there are no CO2 emissions. As we know, restrictions on gasoline vehicles are increasingly significant and they are gradually being removed from the urban landscape in favor of electric vehicles. It is therefore a viable means of transport in the long term.

Practical aspect

Using an electric scooter is a very practical way to get around. In fact, this machine weighs around 15 kilos and can therefore be transported anywhere. Most models can fold for even greater comfort.

Buy an electric scooter in a specialized store

Different stores are specialized in urban mobility and electric scooters. They offer a wide choice of brands (Xiaomi, Dualtron, Ninebot, Segway, etc.) as well as different ranges of scooters: waterproof (IPX rating), all-terrain, inexpensive, foldable, fast. Visiting a specialized store for the purchase of your electric scooter allows you to be attended by an expert advisor in electric mobility who will be able to answer all your questions and offer you a model suited to your needs. Moreover, going to a specialized store allows you to see if the product you choose fits your morphology. It is important to choose a model on which you will be comfortable and that corresponds to your height and weight. Finally, this allows you to establish a stronger customer/vendor relationship than going through a website or a large chain, for example.

Lyon Service Center

Weebot has a repair center for electric scooters in Lyon located at 3 Quai Jules Courmont, 69002 Lyon.

Bordeaux service center

Weebot also has a repair center in Bordeaux located at 59 Quai Richelieu, 33000 Bordeaux.

Boulogne-Billancourt service center

The latest Weebot repair center is located at 8 Rue Esnault Pelterie, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt.

Courbevoie Showroom

You can also come buy your electric scooter at the Weebot showroom located at 50 Rue de l'Alma, 92400 Courbevoie.

Buy your machine online

If you do not want to go to a specialized store, you can go through an e-commerce site specializing in electric scooters like Weebot For example.

You will find all the information necessary for purchasing an electric scooter such as comfort, battery power, engine type, range, maximum speed, deck width. You can also use the chatbot to get answers to your questions or contact the sales department to be put in touch with an expert electric scooter advisor. Contacting our sales department allows you to get an expert's opinion on the model that suits you and to discuss with them the different possibilities in terms of delivery as well as the accessories that could accompany your scooter.

Buy your scooter in supermarkets

supermarkets often offer electric scooters. The choice of model will be more restricted than on a specialized site/store but you will still be able to find a model that suits you. However, you must be vigilant because the sellers are not necessarily specialized in electric scooters and the after-sales service of the supermarket is not qualified enough to deal with a problem that arises following your purchase.

Second-hand platforms

We find a lot of used electric scooters on these platforms. Their price is therefore more advantageous than when purchasing a new vehicle. However, it is not recommended to buy an electric scooter on a second-hand marketplace because you expose yourself to many risks and scams.

The device may come from a theft and purchasing it exposes you to legal prosecution because it is strictly prohibited.

Then you don't know the complete history of the vehicle. This aspect is problematic because you have no information on possible shocks or accidents occurring with the scooter. They may have damaged it. In addition, you do not know the origin of the parts and they may have been replaced by poor quality parts.

Finally, you will have no after-sales service (or almost) nor any guarantee for your electric scooter once the purchase is made.

Conclusion

We therefore recommend that you choose to buy your electric scooter from an importer in order to obtain a quality model at an affordable price. This allows you to insure your scooter from the moment of purchase as well as benefit from a guarantee and quality after-sales service.

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FAQ

How much does an electric scooter cost?

It is difficult to estimate the average price of an electric scooter. Indeed, there are entry-level models at around €400 and high-end models that can reach €5000. This price difference between models can be explained by differences in terms of battery power, range, maximum speed, comfort, etc. Finally, there are models intended for children and teenagers as well as models reserved for adults.

What assistance is available for purchasing an electric scooter?

If you live in France, you can benefit from different subsidies depending on where you live. Indeed, it is necessary to distinguish the aids provided by the State when purchasing an electric scooter from those provided by the region in which you reside. We recommend that you consult the public service website in order to be kept informed of developments in terms of subsidies relating to the purchase of an electric motorized vehicle.

What are the regulations regarding electric scooters?

This means of transport is currently under development, the regulation evolves very often. It is therefore important to stay regularly informed about the law and its updates for everyone's safety and to be in compliance with the law. In France, it is the highway code that governs the regulations applied to electric scooters.