There seems to be a lot of negativity about these but I actually see a lot of uses if they work as advertised.

The biggest advantage compared to a electric bike/scooter is you don’t have to worry about what to do with it when you get where your going; this would be especially helpful when using mass transit.

I live in south Florida and rarely use mass transportation for a few reasons: 1. Our mass transit here is not really interconnected well and there are some serious gaps between things like bus routes, train stations and final destination 2. It’s too hot for 6-8 months out of the year to make even a mile walk feasible without looking and feeling like you just got out of a steam room. 3. Bikes and scooters are either not allowed on or have limited storage space on busses and trains; it really sucks to bike to the buss stop wait 20 minutes only to have the bus show up and the 2 spots on the bike rack are already full.

I could see these solving all those issues. My 5 minute walk to the buss stop would be doable year round or even the 30 minute walk to the light rail could be made feasible even so long as its not totally baking outside. I would never have to stress about where to store a bike/scooter. Finally it would close that last 1 to 2 mile gap between the train station and my final destination without having to depend on a bus or Uber.

Of course this all rests on these working as advertised which is yet to be seen; well that and the price needs to come down quite a bit before I would even consider them. If those two things were to happen though I would give them a shot; it would also put several grocery stores, bars, and restaurants in “walking distance” which would be convenient.