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kentbrew on April 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Electric scooter “mayhem” sounds like when cars we...

I'm frankly amazed these things aren't instantly stripped for their batteries. How long does an unattended bicycle last in San Francisco? Minutes?

linkregister on April 26, 2018 | [–]

What's the secondary market for batteries?

seanp2k2 on April 26, 2018 | [–]

Longer than minutes. It's not NYC. I'm guessing that these companies just eat the loss for now.

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