Unagi News

9/22/2022

Day Out in New York City

Ah, New York City, there’s nowhere else like it. Both locals and visitors agree that you can find some of the best art, restaurants, music, and theater in NYC. Take your scooter to the streets to avoid crowded subways and parking as you make your way around the city. Here is a list of places you won’t want to miss.

9/8/2022

Gliding Through NYC On The Best Designed Scooter In The World: Rider Profile

People all over the world are discovering how your own perfect electric scooter can make life more efficient, adventurous, and fun. Emma Magidson is a New York-based set designer who’s always on the go — the Unagi makes it possible.

8/4/2022

Coco Rocha Riding in Style

Coco Rocha, premier fashion icon and international supermodel, has marched the runway for brands such as Stella McCartney, Anna Sui, and Marc Jacobs, and graced the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Time Style & Design, among many others.

7/22/2022

Unagi Opens Flagship in SoHo

At Unagi, we’re determined to be here for our customers. That's why we’re excited to invite you to visit our first ever flagship store in the heart of SoHo. If you’re in the area, come by to check out the latest models and test-drive an Unagi for yourself.

7/1/2022

Iggy Pop Becomes the New Face of Unagi Scooters

We’re proud to announce the new face of Unagi—the Godfather of Punk himself—Iggy Pop. The artist embodies freedom and individuality, two values at the core of Unagi, and we’re psyched to have the chance to collaborate with him on a series of films featuring the artist and his approach to life.

6/6/2022

See The Coolest of LA's Eastside on a Single Unagi Charge

A perfect day on your own perfect scooter. We’ve curated a list of our favorite spots in Echo Park that are easily accessible by scooter. Stop scrolling, and get out there.

1/10/2022

Unagi Scooters: The Musical

Here at Unagi, we believe that freedom of movement means living more life. The opportunity to ditch a ride service, or avoid public transportation and navigate on your own terms is truly liberating. So how do we communicate that open air, free feeling you get riding an Unagi? By creating a music video, of course!

Unagi Life

9/22/2022

Day Out in New York City

6/16/2022

Unagi Made a Scooter Fly

We ordered over ONE THOUSAND helium balloons and tied them to an Unagi scooter to make it fly. With magnesium alloy handlebars, carbon fiber body, and weighing in at 26.5 lbs, this scooter was built to soar.

6/6/2022

See The Coolest of LA's Eastside on a Single Unagi Charge

A perfect day on your own perfect scooter. We’ve curated a list of our favorite spots in Echo Park that are easily accessible by scooter. Stop scrolling, and get out there.

4/22/2022

Happy Earth Day

Cities freed from cars, costs, and pollution. A world where there’s more time to enjoy the people and places you love. We’re part of a micro-mobility revolution. We’re heading in the direction of cities becoming more human-centered and livable. Happy Earth Day from Unagi.

1/10/2022

Unagi Scooters: The Musical

12/8/2020

Who Invented the Scooter?

Where did electric scooters come from? “About a decade ago, scooters, rideshares, and e-bikes did not even exist in our vocabulary,” writes Sergio Avedian in an article that asks “is the scooter era ending?” They may seem new, but it’s…

10/2/2020

Scooter Rental vs Scooter Subscription: Which is Better?

For a few years, it seemed as if city streets would soon belong to shared electric scooters and bikes. The prospect seemed to enrage as many people as it excited, and there was much wrangling over the new micromobility transportation…

8/28/2020

Rideshare, Subway, or Scooter: The Fastest Way to Commute

Commuting is terrible, and not only in the ordinary sense of frustrating and annoying. The problem has reached the level of a public health crisis. It wastes an “astonishing” amount of “human potential,” claims The Washington Post, drains our energy…

8/19/2020

Electric Scooters: Range vs Weight

Advances in battery technology have led to a market filled with high-quality electric scooters for everything from tooling around the neighborhood to competitive off-road racing. It’s an exciting time to buy a scooter, but also a confusing time, given the…

8/14/2020

Electric Bikes vs Electric Scooters: Which One Should You Choose?

Micromobility has arrived. Personal electric vehicles are solving last mile problems and replacing car trips as major cities move away from car-centric infrastructure. Increasingly, commuters are realizing how much faster and easier it is to get to work on an…

6/17/2020

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

As cities become more crowded and traffic worsens by the year, the old way of commuting becomes increasingly unsustainable. Commuters have recognized this fact and embraced new ride-share models that reduce their carbon footprint, cut transportation costs, and cut down…

6/3/2020

Getting Scooters to Covid-19 First Responders

The Covid-19 crisis has ushered in a period of sickness, fear, confusion, and fatigue across the planet. Naturally, we're all looking for a little hope. At Unagi, we're trying to carve out a humble corner of optimism by helping the…

11/9/2019

Unagi, Deconstructed: How An E-Scooter Works

It’s not magic. It might look like a bespelled work of Byzantine machinery unearthed, reformed, and refitted for a new age, but the electrical chariots of modernity are powered by ions, not alchemy. To satisfy the voracious cravings of our…

7/15/2019

Why owning an Unagi beats using Rideshare Scooters

It’s been eight years since Uber’s historic beta launch in San Francisco, and, despite a deluge of complaints levied by traditional transportation competitors, governments, and customers, the Uber model – and ridesharing at large – has become ubiquitous. Ease of…

6/21/2019

A Case For Electric Scooter Ownership: The Unagi Manifesto

The Rapid Growth of the E-Scooter Ownership Market A study created jointly by Unagi Scooters and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that elect estimate that 35% of scooter riders will prefer to own rather than rent,...

6/21/2019

Micro-Mobility Reconnects Us by Supporting Local Culture and Sustainable Development

“Nice neighborhood you’ve got there. Sure would be a shame if someone put a highway through it.” So says the text over the face of Robert Moses in a meme that launched the Facebook group “New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented…

5/10/2019

The Scooter, A History

Two wheels and a plank. It would be a modest beginning for a mode of transportation characterized by peaks and troughs in use and popularity unrivaled by any other contemporary human propellant. Although difficult to pinpoint, it is generally accepted…

4/15/2019

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Newsworthy

7/22/2021

Luxe Digital Review

“The best electric scooter on the market for adults, thanks to its endless array of features and ease of use."

4/9/2021

Chicago Tribune Review

If you’re looking for a scooter but don’t want something that looks like you borrowed it from your kid, check out Unagi’s sleek Model One, a high-design e-scooter with the craftsmanship, details and finishes of a luxury automobile.

2/24/2021

Input Review

"Depending on the paint job you choose, the Unagi Model One literally glistens and gleams, and with almost all the cabling hidden, the digital display integrated into the handlebars, and other thoughtful design decisions, everything about this e-scooter says premium."

1/28/2021

Robb Report Review

"A sleek 16mph dual motor beauty with flowing lines that expose the ludditery of the rental kind, had me beaming from ear-to-ear, wind in my face, life in my own hands... And it got me from home to the shops…

5/8/2020

Tom's Guide Review

"The Unagi Model One powers up hills with aplomb, zipping along twice as fast as other scooters with just a single motor." Click here to read the full review >

3/3/2020

Lifewire Review

"My Unagi E500 rides were whisper silent and smooth as butter." Click here to read the full review >

10/11/2019

Tech.co Review

"If you're looking for an all-around great e-scooter... you won't find anything better than the Unagi." Click here to read the full review >

10/1/2019

TechCrunch Review

"Unagi is the iPhone of scooters you actually buy." Click here to read the full review >

9/25/2019

Wired Review

"Light enough to throw in a grocery cart" Click here to read the full review >

9/24/2019

TNW Review

"The $990 Unagi e-scooter is sleek, powerful, and light." Click here to read the full review >

8/14/2019

Wired Review

"In contrast to the beefy Rev, Unagi's Model One is much lighter, slimmer, and more portable" Click here to read the full review >

5/26/2019

CNET Review

"The best all-around electric scooter. It's an excellent blend of looks, performance, and ease of use." Click here to read the full review >

11/29/2018

Engadget Review

"Unagi’s high-end electric scooter is a mix of design and power." Click here to read the full review >

11/17/2018

The Verge Review

"The... electric scooter you won’t want to share with anyone" Click here to read the full review >

11/13/2018

Gizmodo Review

"This electric scooter for adults might replace my need for a second car". Click here to read the full review >

11/13/2018

Electrek Review

"No other scooter compares to the Unagi in terms of build quality or appearance". Click here to read the full review >

Essentials

7/22/2022

Unagi Opens Flagship in SoHo

5/17/2022

How To Maximize Your Electric Scooter's Battery Life

One of the great things about owning an electric scooter is that they require so little maintenance. Unlike cars, or even bikes, which need regular trips to the mechanic and routine replacement parts, electric scooters that are treated well do…

4/26/2022

Accessorize Your Adventure

Start your journey with a collection of curated goods selected for safety and style. Unagi curates the best and reinvents the rest so you never have to stress over your gear.

1/11/2022

Say Hello to Our Newest Color, Moss

We’re proud to offer the Unagi Model One in Moss, our newest shade. Green is of course the color of nature and growth. A green light says go and invites action. Our Moss green signals all that.

6/10/2021

Unagi All-Access: Rolling into Summer

With the addition of Chicago, Washington DC, Northern Maryland and Virginia, and NW Indiana, our All-Access scooter subscription service is now available to more than 75 million people. But we’re just getting started: we want to make Unagi the ubiquitous standard for short-distance transportation around the world.

3/19/2021

The New Unagi Service Center

You're already aware of many of them: Dual motors. Premium materials. Lightweight is king. And it's not difficult for anyone to see that Unagi cares about design more than any other scooter company...But the topics for today are brand, customer obsession, and our All-Access subscription service...

3/17/2021

Unagi Springs Forward

We’re launching our All-Access subscription service in six new cities, and expanding in two more. And with $10.5 million in new funding, we’re ready for takeoff in 2021...These areas represent a market of more than 30 million consumers – putting Unagi’s All-Access service within reach of 1 in every 10 Americans

3/16/2021

The World's Fastest Electric Scooters in 2021

Electric scooters are quickly overtaking other means of transportation as the best way to cover short distances. They’re lightweight, portable, convenient, and more environmentally friendly than almost any means of powered transport.

1/30/2021

Love or Hate: 9 Studies Show What People Actually Think About Electric Scooters

It’s more or less a given these days that micromobility solutions like electric scooters are part of a major transportation revolution “Among many [recent] technology milestones,” reported Government Technology, “one of them was certainly that...e-scooters became a fixture in many…

1/8/2021

Pro Tips from Real Scooter Riders

Telling people through paid advertisements that an electric scooter will change their life is one thing. Letting them hear it from real people who own and love their scooters is something else. Now that we all have the ability to…

11/20/2020

5 Reasons to Buy a Scooter This Holiday Season

As we brace for another surge in COVID-19 cases this winter, many people find themselves asking how they’re going to get through another season indoors. The latest CDC forecast is not encouraging, and we will need to work together to…

11/16/2020

Security and Locks for Electric Scooters

Micromobility has already helped solve several modern transportation issues, and may reshape the way we get around in the near future. But small electric vehicle owners are still plagued by an ancient problem. Electric scooters present new security challenges, and…

1/8/2020

CES Dispatch: The E500 Is A Big Upgrade

Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to Las Vegas in order to show off, contrast, compare, or merely gawk at the latest consumer electronic gadgets and trends We’re also in town for the show,…

6/12/2019

5 E-Scooter Life Hacks

We all know electric scooters are fun. The sun on your skin, the wind in your hair – trying one out is not a hard sell. There are also the practical benefits discussed in many a publication; electric scooters, for…

6/7/2019

5 Tips for E-Scooter Etiquette

We’re fans of change. Scientific advancement, technological innovation, and civil and social progressivism bejewel a century largely colored by war. But as any gentleman or lady of dignified vintage might express (and often they do) there are some positive attributes…

3/6/2019

Your Personal Liberation Device

Beginning today, Unagi Scooters is now shipping its world-class electric scooters to pre-order customers in the United States, and new orders are immediately being fulfilled “The Unagi Scooter heralds a new era for the commuting consumer who simply wants an…

Need to Knows

3/16/2021

Are Electric Scooters Easy to Ride?

Are electric scooters easy to ride? The simplest answer is, “yes, very! That’s a good part of why they’re becoming so popular!” But, of course, there’s more to the story of how electric scooters are the ultimate choice in portability and accessibility.

2/15/2021

The True Environmental Impact of Electric Scooters

It’s beyond question that we must drastically reduce carbon emissions in the coming years to head off the worst effects of climate change. How we do that has been a matter of considerably drawn-out debate. As individuals, it can be…

2/13/2021

Do You Need Insurance for an Electric Scooter?

The electric scooter boom has come with some highly publicized fears about scooter safety. Some of these concerns are justified. Nearly all studies have shown that scooters face the same dangers that bikes do, in addition to them being less…

1/28/2021

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter on the Road?

New modes of transportation have been popping up all over the place thanks to incredible developments in lithium-ion battery and electric motor technology. These include electric bikes, innovative modern electric scooters like Unagi, as well as the shared scooters clustered…

1/13/2021

Do You Need a Driver’s License to Ride an Electric Scooter in Canada?

You’ve seen them all over your city’s streets, and everyone who rides one looks absolutely thrilled. So, why haven’t you picked up your own folding electric scooter yet? Maybe you’re worried about whether e-scooters require a driver’s license, or a…

12/21/2020

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter on the Sidewalk in Canada?

It’s a reasonable question to ask. After all, it seems like the safer option. Can you, and should you, ride an electric scooter on the sidewalk? In many cases, the answer is no: you cannot. Story after story in electric…

9/19/2020

Why Electric Scooters Are a Must Have for Commuters

Micromobility is the “future of urban transportation,” analysts write in an extensive report from Deloitte, and electric scooters lead the way: “Adoption rates during their short time on the market have been impressive, surpassing that seen by popular ride-hailing applications…

9/2/2020

Public Transportation in a Post-COVID World

In only a few short months, the current pandemic has changed the way we do nearly everything, from getting to work to gathering (or not) in public. Fears of the virus multiply when it comes to public transportation. Public transit…

8/19/2020

Electric Scooters: Range vs Weight

7/21/2020

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter in the Rain?

“No” is the standard answer to the question of whether you should ride an electric scooter in the rain. But can you ride an electric scooter in the rain? There are times when it may be safe to do so…

7/21/2020

Can You Bring an Electric Scooter on a Plane in Canada?

Wondering whether you can take your electric scooter on an airplane? As with all things air travel-related the answer should be simple, right?

6/17/2020

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

4/15/2019

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Rider Profiles

9/8/2022

Gliding Through NYC On The Best Designed Scooter In The World: Rider Profile

1/20/2022

Manhattan Made Easier: Rider Profile

Serafima is a real estate broker living a busy life in New York City. In this short video we see the ways she’s come to rely on the Unagi scooter to move around the city for work and pleasure. It’s eye opening to see how she picked up an Unagi and found a perfect fit.

3/12/2021

Ruben Rojas, Los Angeles Artist and Muralist

The basis and the premise of my work is that we either operate out of love or we operate out of fear...Time is currency. The coolest thing about the scooters is that it's really quick, and it goes uphill. From there, traveling more efficiently and having a good time doing it--I think that's the most important thing.

12/27/2019

Rasheed Muhammad, Beverly Hills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m2hVBE62LY Rasheed Muhammad is sick of Los Angeles traffic. In order to preserve his sanity, Rasheed has traded his everyday driving habit for the portable and beautiful Unagi Model One. It’s an essential accessory for navigating LA streets -- and…

They're Just Like Us

8/4/2022

Coco Rocha Riding in Style

7/12/2022

We Got Invited to Soulja Boy’s 31st Birthday

We got invited to Soulja Boy’s 31st birthday, and we surprised him with a brand new Unagi scooter. Knowing parking would be hectic in the Hollywood Hills, we cruised up the winding roads on scooters instead, and arrived in style, without breaking a sweat.

7/1/2022

Iggy Pop Becomes the New Face of Unagi Scooters

10/1/2019

Unagi x Billie Eilish

“Rebel,” “Pop Idol,” “Star Child,” “Biggest Artist on The Planet,” are only a handful of the magazine-cover-monikers attributed to singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. At only seventeen years old, Eilish has logged a bevy of accolades, including three MTV Video Music Awards…

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9/22/2022

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Day Out in New York City

Gliding Through NYC On The Best Designed Scooter In The World: Rider Profile

Coco Rocha Riding in Style

Unagi Opens Flagship in SoHo

Iggy Pop Becomes the New Face of Unagi Scooters

See The Coolest of LA's Eastside on a Single Unagi Charge

Unagi Scooters: The Musical

Day Out in New York City

Unagi Made a Scooter Fly

See The Coolest of LA's Eastside on a Single Unagi Charge

Happy Earth Day

Unagi Scooters: The Musical

Who Invented the Scooter?

Scooter Rental vs Scooter Subscription: Which is Better?

Rideshare, Subway, or Scooter: The Fastest Way to Commute

Electric Scooters: Range vs Weight

Electric Bikes vs Electric Scooters: Which One Should You Choose?

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

Getting Scooters to Covid-19 First Responders

Unagi, Deconstructed: How An E-Scooter Works

Why owning an Unagi beats using Rideshare Scooters

A Case For Electric Scooter Ownership: The Unagi Manifesto

Micro-Mobility Reconnects Us by Supporting Local Culture and Sustainable Development

The Scooter, A History

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Luxe Digital Review

Chicago Tribune Review

Input Review

Robb Report Review

Tom's Guide Review

Lifewire Review

Tech.co Review

TechCrunch Review

Wired Review

TNW Review

Wired Review

CNET Review

Engadget Review

The Verge Review

Gizmodo Review

Electrek Review

Unagi Opens Flagship in SoHo

How To Maximize Your Electric Scooter's Battery Life

Accessorize Your Adventure

Say Hello to Our Newest Color, Moss

Unagi All-Access: Rolling into Summer

The New Unagi Service Center

Unagi Springs Forward

The World's Fastest Electric Scooters in 2021

Love or Hate: 9 Studies Show What People Actually Think About Electric Scooters

Pro Tips from Real Scooter Riders

5 Reasons to Buy a Scooter This Holiday Season

Security and Locks for Electric Scooters

CES Dispatch: The E500 Is A Big Upgrade

5 E-Scooter Life Hacks

5 Tips for E-Scooter Etiquette

Your Personal Liberation Device

Are Electric Scooters Easy to Ride?

The True Environmental Impact of Electric Scooters

Do You Need Insurance for an Electric Scooter?

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter on the Road?

Do You Need a Driver’s License to Ride an Electric Scooter in Canada?

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter on the Sidewalk in Canada?

Why Electric Scooters Are a Must Have for Commuters

Public Transportation in a Post-COVID World

Electric Scooters: Range vs Weight

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter in the Rain?

Can You Bring an Electric Scooter on a Plane in Canada?

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Gliding Through NYC On The Best Designed Scooter In The World: Rider Profile

Manhattan Made Easier: Rider Profile

Ruben Rojas, Los Angeles Artist and Muralist

Rasheed Muhammad, Beverly Hills

Coco Rocha Riding in Style

We Got Invited to Soulja Boy’s 31st Birthday

Iggy Pop Becomes the New Face of Unagi Scooters

Unagi x Billie Eilish

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