Vancouver, Wash., Likhamphani tsa Scooter li Phahama ka ho Tuma

(TNS) - Likhamphani tse peli tse ncha tsa toropo ea Vancouver tsa toropo li fana ka leano le lecha le ncha ho fumana Vancouver ka mokhoa o sireletsehileng nakong ea seoa sena.

Feme ea scooter ea motlakase le morekisi Zoot Scoot, haufi le Esther Quick Park, le morekisi e mong, Rev Rides, haufi le Briz Mortgage & Guitar e Washington Road, e mong le e mong o fumana katleho ka thekiso e ngata haholo selemong sena sa lehlabula.

Jason Adams le molekane oa hae, Kristie Means, ba ile ba bula Zoot Scoot mathoasong a Phuptjane ho 812 Columbia St. Pejana ho ho buloa, o ne a tšaba ho qala khoebo e ncha har'a leoa lena. Leha ho le joalo o ile a hlokomela hore ke monyetla oa ho isa boikhathollo bo sa bitseng chelete e ngata ho ea toropong ka nako eo mehloli e mengata ea boikhathollo e koetsoeng.

"Pele, ke ne ke nahana ho e beha tlhokomelong ka lebaka la COVID-19," Adams o boletse. "Leha ho le joalo ke ne ke nahana hore ke mofuta oa boikhathollo o motle haholo empa o latela lits'oants'o tsa boikhathollo ba sechaba."

Zoot Scoot e fa khiro ea e-scooter ea mafura le thekiso e kholo. Li fumaneha ka litefiso tsa $ 20 ka hora, kapa $ 69.99 bakeng sa letsatsi. Likoloi li na le likilomitara tse 40 tse fapaneng, li lumella menyetla ea ho bona Vancouver e ngata. Lisi li ka etsoa marang-rang ho zootscoot.web kapa ka mohala.

Adams o boletse hore li-scooter li lokela ho sebelisoa ka har'a libaesekele feela mme ho se mohla li tsamaeang tseleng. Li-helmet li fanoa ke Zoot Scoot mme li-e-scooter li ka fumanoa ka theko ea $ 1,695 ka ngoe.

Adams o boletse karabelo e bile ntle haholo, mme sehlopha se ba amohetse. Ka hare ho libeke tse 5 tse qalang tsa ho buloa, o ile a reka lintho tse 50 tseo a neng a e-na le tsona lethathamong la libuka, 'me a hira a khutla.

"Ke ne ke hloka ho e boloka e sa bitse chelete e ngata hore batho ka bomong ba e thabele ka khatello ea lichelete, haholo nakong e kang ena," Adams o boletse.

O boletse hore lik'hamphani tse 'maloa tsa matsoalloa li tlil'o bontša thuso. Baahelani ba hae monyako o latelang Doppelganger ba ile ba hira likoloi tse robeli bakeng sa mosebeletsi ea tsoang lehlabuleng lena.

“Ke toropo ea heso. Ke motlotlo ho etsa halofo ea ka ho sebeletsa sebakeng sa heso nts'etsopele, "Adams o boletse.

REV e palama

Nathan Pust o fallisitse khoebo ea hae ea REV Rides, e emelang Leisure Electrical Automobiles, ka ntle ho polokelo ea hae Salmon Creek ho ea sebakeng se secha sa toropo ho 500 Washington St., e tletse thupelo le ntlo ea lipontšo.

Ka Mphalane oa 2018, Pust o ile a qala lipere tsa REV kamora hore a qale ho fumana ka har'a khoebo ha a ntse a etela Asia mme a bona tumello ea likoloi tsa motlakase moo.

"Ke ne ke hloka e le 'ngoe' me ka linako tsohle ke ne ke hloka ho qala khoebo ea ka," Adams o boletse. "Ke hlokometse hore ho ne ho se na barekisi ba likoloi tsa Amerika mme ka hlokomela hore ho na le mmaraka moo."

Hoo e ka bang lilemo tse peli hamorao, Pust e ile ea tsamaisa REV Rides teropong ho khothaletsa khetho e kholo ea likoloi tsa motlakase, hammoho le scooter, libaesekele tse litšila le libaesekele. Ntle le moo ba fana ka poloko ka har'a setsi sa boithabiso se hokahantsoeng le ntlo ea lipontšo.

"Re karolo ea sehlopha se tšabehang tlase mona, mme se thusitsoe ke boteng ba rona," ho boletse Pust.

Boholo ba likhoebo tsa Pust bo tla ka thekiso e felletseng ho pholletsa le naha. O fa barekisi ba pota-potileng 35 likoloi tsa motlakase 'me o rekisa thepa inthaneteng ho revrides.com ho ba lebelletseng Seattle, San Francisco le New York. Boemo toropong bo bulehile bakeng sa thekiso e felletseng le ho e boloka ka ho khetha feela.

Pust o boletse hore ha a bone ntoa e ngata lipakeng tsa khoebo ea hae le Adams. O lumela hore e mong le e mong a ka atleha toropong ea Vancouver.

"Ha re ntse re bula le ho kena Jason nako le nako re ne re itlhahisa," Adams o boletse. “Ke monna ya lokileng haholo; re buile ka merero ea rona ea likhoebo 'me ha ke bone ho kopana ho hongata. ”

Khoebo e boletsoeng ke Pust e eketsehile khoebong eohle nakong ea lefu la seoa, ka thekiso e kholo e imenne habeli ebile e batla e imenne hararo.

Pust le Minon Minnieweather, Rev Rides 'bareki ba thusa setsebi, ba ne ba na le likhopolo-taba tse' maloa mabapi le tlhoko e fetelletseng: Batho ba jeoa ke bolutu ba ipatang ka matlung le ho batla mefuta e monate ea lipalangoang.

Minnieweather o supile hore tšusumetso ea pele ke lisosa tsa chelete. Likoloi tsa motlakase tsa boikhathollo li hloka tlhokomelo e nyane haholo, ho fokotsa litheko tsa mafura le ho paka makoloi mme ka linako tse ling li theko e tlase ho feta koloi bakeng sa batho bana ba lakatsang ho qoba ho tsamaea ha sechaba nakong ea seoa sena.

"Hajoale ntlo ea motho e mong le e mong, ba na le nako hona joale ea ho nahana ka ho sebetsa le theko ea bona," ho boletse Minnieweather. Ho na le tšobotsi e utloahalang empa ho feta moo ke karolo e thabisang ho eona. ”

Adams o ts'epa ho sebelisa matla a holimo khoebong ea likoloi tsa motlakase ho fihlela sepheo sa hae sa nako e telele sa ho rekisa khoebo ea hae. O rerile ho bula Zoot Scoot ea bobeli e Scottsdale, Ariz., Ka Mphalane.

"Tsohle li mabapi le linako tsa selemo," Adams o boletse. "Ha pula e na hape leboea-bophirima, e theoha ho fihla 85 ho la Arizona mme ke ka mor'a hore ba lakatse ho tsoa kantle."

Pust le basebetsi-'moho le eena ba REV Rides kaofela ba nka karolo leetong la sehlopha bakeng sa likoloi tsa motlakase Sontaha se seng le se seng.

O boletse hore e bile leano le letle ho tsoa ka tlung le ho bona batho ka bomong.

"Likoloi tsena tsa boikhathollo tsa motlakase li hloekile ebile li khutsitse," ho boletse Pust. "O tla utloa linonyana tsohle 'me u tla utloa moea o foka o feta."

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