I am surprised they haven't figured out there is a market for these batteries. They are just sitting on the street waiting to be stolen.
The batteries on the rent-a-scooters really aren't worth a damn and the scooters are expendable/throw away tech. The scooters get thrown into rivers and bodies of water constantly creating an environmental hazard.
Like most "green" ideas of the left, they create more pollution, not less.
The batteries are the only thing of value on the rental scooters. A 48v 20ah battery goes for $250. I would pay $20 for each one.
I could see $20 each but that's still a decent crapshoot on getting one that's not been abused. I've never looked into but can they easily be thrown into a recycle bin at a hardware store like cordless tool batteries?
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