Unagi Articles

4/8/2021

Camping + Electric Scooters: The Dynamic Duo You Never Thought Of

Coronavirus has changed the way we travel, and we like to think this will be for the better in the future. While flying off to your favorite international destination may have seemed like a great idea before ... and border closures made it impossible, all that air travel wasn’t doing the planet any favors

12/8/2020

Who Invented the Scooter?

Scooters didn't just start as an alternative ride for popping tricks in the skatepark, in fact, they've been around for a really long time. These days it's quite common for people to own all manner of electric scooters and even electric mopeds, but who invented the scooter?

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 ways of commuting have become increasingly unsustainable. So, is it worth buying yourself an electric scooter?

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…

11/16/2019

Chicago’s North Side: 5 Wellness-Inspired Stops in the Windy City

Home to Wrigley field, beautiful skyscrapers, large parks, and public beaches along Lake Michigan, the North Side of Chicago is one of the most recognizable areas of the Windy City. The district is bordered by the Chicago River, the West…

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…

11/1/2019

Lower East Side: 4 Insider Hangouts in NYC’s Grit-Trendy Neighborhood

Complaints of rapid gentrification are nothing new to New York City. Beginning with a sharp decrease in crime stemming from Mayor Giuliani’s aggressive broken window policing of New York in the 1990s, wealth has poured, settled, rearranged, and redeployed across…

10/23/2019

North Venice: 6 Stops in Scooter Mecca

Venice holds a special place in California lore. From its purple sunsets and quiet canals to the bombast and theatrically of its ocean front walk, the beachside town retains prime position in the tapestry of the internationally exported West Coast…

10/20/2019

Honolulu: 4 Stops to Feel The Mana

In the Spring of 1795, at the end of his campaign to unify the Hawaiin islands, the great King Kamehameha I divided his army to engage the forces of his rival Kalanikupule on the southeastern portion of O’ahu. While one…

8/21/2019

Frogtown: 7 Spots in LA’s Hidden Paradise

There was a young man, sitting on the cement bank of a river, fishing for carp, and the wind rose around him. A voyeur might find himself compelled to question his state of awareness, but no amount of blinking or…

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

Your Morning Commute - Reviewing Cost vs Convenience

Unagi is proud to announce the launch of its Commute Calculator! As urban commute routes grow in volume and density, prospective commuters need access to current, up-to-date travel information in order to make informed decisions on how to get around.…

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…

6/21/2019

Unagi Neighborhoods: Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo Los Angeles is not the best representation of European cross-continental culture. The French, Italians, Russians, and most of the great Western and Eastern European migrant groups of the 19th and 20th centuries set up footholds in New York,…

6/21/2019

4 Unagi Approved Dates: NYC, LA, SF, MIA

We get it. Dating can be tough. The googling, the yelping, the planning, the reservations, the transportation. . . the process can be overwhelming. Making a good first impression can also be a source of anxiety for millions of single…

5/19/2019

4 Unagi Approved Dates

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…

5/1/2019

Little Tokyo

Los Angeles is not the best representation of European cross-continental culture. The French, Italians, Russians, and most of the great Western and Eastern European migrant groups of the 19th and 20th centuries set up footholds in New York, where their…

4/15/2019

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

3/5/2019

Commute Calculator

Unagi is proud to announce the launch of its Commute Calculator As urban commute routes grow in volume and density, prospective commuters need access to current, up-to-date travel information in order to make informed decisions on how to get around.…

Newsworthy

7/22/2021

Luxe Digital: Unagi Model One Review: This Year’s It Scooter

4/9/2021

Chicago Tribune: Meet Unagi, Design-Savvy and Adult-Friendly

2/24/2021

Input: Unagi Model One E-Scooter Review: Luxury on Two Wheels

1/28/2021

Robb Report: Robb Recommends: Unagi Scooters

11/24/2020

Designboom: The Unagi Model One

5/8/2020

Toms Guide: The Best Electric Scooters in 2022

10/11/2019

Tech.co: Unagi Scooter Review

10/1/2019

TechCrunch: Unagi is the iPhone of Scooters You Actually Buy

9/25/2019

Wired: Stop Renting E-Scooters and Just Buy One Already!

9/24/2019

TNW: Review: The Unagi E-Scooter is Sleek, Powerful, and Light

8/14/2019

Wired: Review Unagi Model One

5/26/2019

CNET: Best E-Bike, Electric Scooter and Rideable Tech 2022

11/29/2018

Engadget: Unagi's High-End E-Scooter is a Mix of Design and Power

11/17/2018

The Verge: Unagi is The Electric Scooter You Won’t Want to Share

11/13/2018

TechCrunch: Former Beats Music CEO is Back With E-Scooter Startup

11/13/2018

Gizmodo: This Electric Scooter Might Replace My Need For a Car

11/13/2018

Electrek: No Other Scooter Compares to the Unagi

Essentials

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…

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…

10/15/2020

No Sleep 'til Brooklyn

The world’s best-designed scooters now have a New York address We’re opening the doors today on a new Unagi brand store, on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. We couldn’t be more excited. Our new store, located at 324 Wythe Avenue, will…

8/5/2020

Introducing Unagi All-Access

New Yorkers and Angelenos can now get our revolutionary electric scooters for less than $10 a week – and you won’t have to share with strangers. https://youtu.be/ZDKaTQeSBOU Two years ago, our team set out on a quest to build the…

6/16/2020

How to Buy the Best Electric Scooter for Commuting

The variety of electric scooters on the market has exploded in recent years, from lightweight, low-powered recreational vehicles to heavy-duty scooters built for rugged off-road use, and everything in-between. This range of options can leave consumers a little dizzy, especially…

4/6/2020

How to Ride an Electric Scooter

How to Ride an Electric Scooter Maybe you’ve finally decided that a fast, lightweight, folding electric scooter meets your transportation needs, and you’ve already started looking for the perfect electric scooter. But there’s one problem—you’ve never ridden an electric scooter…

3/2/2020

Electric Scooter Buying Tips for Adults

What Should I Look for When Buying an Electric Scooter You may have seen locals breezing by you on their electric scooters, and maybe you think an e-scooter would be a good fit for your commuter lifestyle, too. After all,…

2/10/2020

Top 5 Locks for Electric Scooters

5 Best Locks for Electric Scooters Owning a folding electric scooter should eliminate the need for a heavy-duty padlock or shackle to secure your ride. That's especially true for foldable e-scooters like the Model One from Unagi, which folds down…

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. On top of that, there are also the practical benefits of riding electric scooters.

6/7/2019

5 Tips for E-Scooter Etiquette

Anyone can ride an e scooter, but not everyone who rides one rides it with the proper electric scooter etiquette.

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

9/30/2022

The 2022 Comprehensive Guide to Electric Scooter Laws

“Is my scooter legal?” is a question many are increasingly asking. The micromobility industry is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting in the world—with promises for...in addition to abundances of the basics of time and money savings. And with this pace of innovation comes a struggle for regulation to keep up.

3/30/2021

The Comprehensive Guide to Electric Scooter Laws

*Disclaimer: Unagi, INC. has used best efforts, but does not in any manner guarantee the accuracy of the below findings regarding electric scooter laws in the United States or internationally. Electric scooter riders or those considering to purchase or begin…

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 License to Ride an Electric Scooter?

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?

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…

9/28/2020

Are Electric Scooters Legal in the UK?

The electric scooter market, like virtually every other industry, has experienced some dramatic ups and downs in 2020. In March, for example, as the coronavirus spread uncontained, The Verge reported that in dozens of cities around the world, share companies…

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…

9/9/2020

Are Electric Scooters Legal in NYC?

It finally happened, and not a moment too soon. New York has legalized e-bikes and e-scooters statewide in an agreement reached in April during the last legislative session. This is great news for commuters, students, delivery workers, and all New…

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?

Wondering whether you can take your electric scooter on an airplane? As with all things air travel-related the answer should be simple, right? As you might expect, it’s not—or not entirely—but the short answer is no, you cannot take most…

6/17/2020

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

As cities become more crowded and traffic worsens by the year, the old ways of commuting have become increasingly unsustainable. So, is it worth buying yourself an electric scooter?

2/24/2020

How Fast Can Electric Scooters Go?

How Fast Do Electric Scooters Go Step aside, skateboards, electric bikes, and mopeds. These days electric scooters are so ubiquitous, you can hardly pass by your neighborhood coffee shop, ATM, or happy hour hotspot without encountering one (or a few).…

4/15/2019

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Rider Profiles

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.

1/3/2020

Cynthia Leu, San Francisco

Cynthia Leu has a full plate. A tech worker by day, Cynthia spends her off time balancing the parallel lives of a powerlifter, entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and more. Riding Unagi helps this USMC veteran cut down on everyday…

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…

12/18/2019

Rich Lee of SPRO Coffee Lab, Mission Bay

Rich Lee, Co-Founder of San Francisco’s SPRO Coffee Lab, wants to share his love for coffee with the world. He depends on riding Unagi to avoid the hassle of navigating the parking crunch in the booming Mission Bay neighborhood.…

They're Just Like Us

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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9/30/2022

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Camping + Electric Scooters: The Dynamic Duo You Never Thought Of

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

Chicago’s North Side: 5 Wellness-Inspired Stops in the Windy City

Unagi, Deconstructed: How An E-Scooter Works

Lower East Side: 4 Insider Hangouts in NYC’s Grit-Trendy Neighborhood

North Venice: 6 Stops in Scooter Mecca

Honolulu: 4 Stops to Feel The Mana

Frogtown: 7 Spots in LA’s Hidden Paradise

Why owning an Unagi beats using Rideshare Scooters

A Case For Electric Scooter Ownership: The Unagi Manifesto

Your Morning Commute - Reviewing Cost vs Convenience

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

Unagi Neighborhoods: Little Tokyo

4 Unagi Approved Dates: NYC, LA, SF, MIA

4 Unagi Approved Dates

The Scooter, A History

Little Tokyo

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Commute Calculator

Luxe Digital: Unagi Model One Review: This Year’s It Scooter

Chicago Tribune: Meet Unagi, Design-Savvy and Adult-Friendly

Input: Unagi Model One E-Scooter Review: Luxury on Two Wheels

Robb Report: Robb Recommends: Unagi Scooters

Designboom: The Unagi Model One

Toms Guide: The Best Electric Scooters in 2022

Tech.co: Unagi Scooter Review

TechCrunch: Unagi is the iPhone of Scooters You Actually Buy

Wired: Stop Renting E-Scooters and Just Buy One Already!

TNW: Review: The Unagi E-Scooter is Sleek, Powerful, and Light

Wired: Review Unagi Model One

CNET: Best E-Bike, Electric Scooter and Rideable Tech 2022

Engadget: Unagi's High-End E-Scooter is a Mix of Design and Power

The Verge: Unagi is The Electric Scooter You Won’t Want to Share

TechCrunch: Former Beats Music CEO is Back With E-Scooter Startup

Gizmodo: This Electric Scooter Might Replace My Need For a Car

Electrek: No Other Scooter Compares to the Unagi

How To Maximize Your Electric Scooter's Battery Life

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

No Sleep 'til Brooklyn

Introducing Unagi All-Access

How to Buy the Best Electric Scooter for Commuting

How to Ride an Electric Scooter

Electric Scooter Buying Tips for Adults

Top 5 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

The 2022 Comprehensive Guide to Electric Scooter Laws

The Comprehensive Guide to Electric Scooter Laws

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 License to Ride an Electric Scooter?

Can You Ride an Electric Scooter on the Sidewalk?

Are Electric Scooters Legal in the UK?

Why Electric Scooters Are a Must Have for Commuters

Are Electric Scooters Legal in NYC?

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?

Is It Worth Buying an Electric Scooter?

How Fast Can Electric Scooters Go?

Micro Mobility & Local Culture

Ruben Rojas, Los Angeles Artist and Muralist