ʻO Wanekoua, Holoi., Pahu ʻoihana Scooter ma ke kaulana

(TNS) - Hāʻawi ʻelua mau hui scooter uila hou o ke kaona ʻo Vancouver i kahi hoʻolālā hou e ʻike palekana iā Vancouver i ka wā o ka maʻi ahulau.

ʻO ka hui hoʻolimalima uila-scooter a me ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Zoot Scoot, kokoke iā Esther Quick Park, a me kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe, ʻo Rev Rides, kokoke i Briz Mortgage & Guitar ma Wakinekona Road, ke ʻike nei kēlā me kēia i ka kūleʻa me nā kūʻai nui loa i kēia kau kau wela.

ʻO Jason Adams a me kāna wahine, ʻo Kristie Means, i wehe iā Zoot Scoot i ka hoʻomaka o Iune ma 812 Columbia St. Ma mua o ka wehe ʻana, makaʻu ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi ʻoihana hou i waena o ka maʻi ahulau. Eia nō naʻe ua ʻike ʻo ia he hiki ke lawe i ka manawa lewa i ke kaona i kahi manawa i pani ʻia nā kumu leʻaleʻa he nui.

"I ka manawa mua, ua noʻonoʻo wau i ka waiho ʻana iā ia ma ka mālama ʻana ma muli o COVID-19," i ʻōlelo ʻo Adams. "Eia naʻe naʻe, manaʻo wau he ʻano leʻaleʻa maikaʻi loa ia akā eia naʻe ma hope o ka kuhikuhi ʻana mai o nā kuhikuhi kaiaulu."

Hāʻawi ʻo Zoot Scoot i nā palapala hoʻolimalima e-scooter momona a me nā kūʻai nui loa. Loaʻa iā lākou e hoʻolimalima no $ 20 i kēlā me kēia hola, a i ʻole $ 69.99 no ka lā. He 40 mau mile ka lōʻihi o nā scooter, e ʻae ana i nā prospect e ʻike i ka nui o Wanekoua. Hiki ke hoʻolimalima ʻia nā hoʻolimalima ma ka laina ma zootscoot.web a i ʻole ma ke kelepona.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adams e pono e hoʻohana ʻia nā e-scooter ma loko o ke kaʻa paikikala wale nō a ʻaʻole hoʻi ma nā ala hele wāwae. Hāʻawi ʻia nā mahiole e Zoot Scoot a hiki ke loaʻa nā e-scooter no ke kūʻai ʻana ma $ 1,695 i kēlā me kēia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adams he kupaianaha ka pane, a ua ʻapo mai ka hui iā lākou. I loko o nā pule he 5 o ka wehe ʻana, ua kūʻai ʻo ia i nā mea he 50 i loaʻa iā ia i loko o ka papa helu waiwai, a hoʻi hou nā hoʻolimalima.

"Pono wau e mālama iā ia i kumu kūʻai ʻole i hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ke ʻoluʻolu me ia me ka kaomi o ke kālā, keu hoʻi i kahi manawa e like me kēia," i ʻōlelo ʻo Adams.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he nui nā hui ʻōiwi i hele mai e hōʻike i ke kōkua. Ua hoʻolimalima kona mau hoanoho ma hope o ka puka ma Doppelganger i ʻewalu mau scooter no kahi mea hana e puka ana i kēia kauwela kau.

“ʻO ia koʻu ʻāina hānau. Haʻaheo wau i ka hana ʻana i kaʻu hapalua i ka lawelawe ʻana i kā mākou wahi e ulu ai, ”i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Adams.

Holo ʻo REV

Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo Nathan Pust i kāna ʻoihana REV Rides, e kū nei no Leisure Electrical Automobiles, mai kāna waihona ma Salmon Creek a kahi wahi hou o ke kaona ma 500 Washington St., piha me kahi hale hana a me kahi lumi hōʻike.

I ʻOkakopa o 2018, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Pust REV Rides ma hope o kāna loaʻa mua ma waena o ke kālepa akā ʻo ka huakaʻi ʻana iā ʻAsia a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻike o nā autos uila ma laila.

"Pono wau i hoʻokahi a makemake wau i nā manawa āpau e hoʻomaka i kaʻu ʻoihana ponoʻī," i ʻōlelo ʻo Adams. "Ua ʻike au ʻaʻole paʻakikī kekahi poʻe kūʻai kūʻai scooter ma waena o ka US a ʻike he mākeke ma laila."

Ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua neʻe ʻo Pust iā REV Rides i ke kaona e hoʻolaulaha i kahi koho nui o nā kaʻa uila leʻaleʻa, me nā scooter kū, nā paikikala haumia a me nā pailaka. Hoʻohui lākou i ka mālama i loko o ka hale hana e pili ana i ka lumi hōʻike.

"He ʻāpana mākou o kahi hui weliweli i lalo iho nei, a ua kōkua maoli ʻia me ko mākou alo ʻōiwi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Pust.

ʻO ka hapa nui o kā Pust ʻoihana hele mai ma ke ʻano o ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma waena o ka lāhui. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai aku he 35 a me nā kaʻa uila a kūʻai aku i nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka laina ma revrides.com i nā prospect ma Seattle, Kapalakiko a me New York. Wehe ʻia ke kūlanakauhale kaona no ke kūʻai nui aku a mālama ʻia e ke koho wale ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pust ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i kahi kaua nui ma waena o kāna ʻo Adams 'ʻoihana. Manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e hiki nō i kēlā me kēia ke holomua ma ke kaona ʻo Wanekoua.

"I ko mākou wehe ʻana i kēlā me kēia hāmama a me ka loli ʻana i loko o Jason i aneʻi mai a hoʻomaka iā ia iho," i ʻōlelo ʻo Adams. “He kāne maikaʻi loa ʻo ia; ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana a ʻaʻole wau ʻike i kahi helu. "

Ua hoʻonui ʻo Pust i ka ʻoihana ma waena o ke kālepa i ka papa o ka maʻi ahulau, me ka hoʻonui pālua ʻana o nā kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka ʻekolu pākolu ʻana.

ʻO Pust lāua ʻo Minon Minnieweather, kā Rev Rides mea kōkua kōkua mea kūʻai mai, he mau manaʻomanaʻo no ka nui o ka noi: Luhi ka poʻe i ka pale ʻana i loko o ka hale a ʻimi nei i nā ʻano o ka lawe kai.

Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Minnieweather ʻo ke kumu mua ka kumu kālā. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mālama uila uila i ka mālama pono ʻana, hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā kumukūʻai a me nā kumukūʻai kaʻa a i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi ma mua o kahi kaʻa no kēia mau makemake e haʻalele i nā kaʻa lehulehu i ka wā o ke ahulau.

"I kēia manawa ka hale o kēlā me kēia, he manawa ko lākou e noʻonoʻo ai i ka pono a me kā lākou kumukūʻai," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Minnieweather. "Aia kahi helehelena kūpono akā hoʻohui ʻia kahi alo leʻaleʻa iā ia."

Lana ʻo Adams e hoʻohana i ka manawa i luna i loko o ke kālepa kaʻa uila e kiʻi i kāna mau pahuhopu wā lōʻihi o ka franchise ʻana i kāna ʻoihana. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e wehe i ka lua o ka Zoot Scoot ma Scottsdale, Ariz., I ʻOkakopa.

"E pili ana i nā kau," i ʻōlelo ʻo Adams. "Ke hiki hou mai ka ua i ka Northwest, hāʻule ia i lalo a hiki i 85 i Arizona a ma hope o ko lākou makemake e hele i waho."

ʻO Pust a me kāna mau hoa hana ma REV Rides e komo āpau i kahi huakaʻi hui no nā kaʻa uila i kēlā me kēia Lāpule.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he papa hana ʻoluʻolu e hele i waho o ka home a ʻike i kēlā me kēia.

"Maʻemaʻe a mālie kēia mau kaʻa uila leʻaleʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻo Pust. "E hiki nō iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā manu āpau a ʻike maoli ʻoe i ka ʻūlū a ka makani."

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