Lime: Buying an e-scooter - what you need to know

For some time now, it has been possible to complete one's journey in most major cities with the help of an e-scooter. To do this, the customer takes his smartphone, downloads the appropriate app for the corresponding scooter, scans a QR code and off he goes. However, the scooters can also be purchased.

Buying Lime scooters: What to know

If you don't want to depend on renting a scooter all the time, you can simply buy one yourself. Depending on the provider, the scooters vary in price.

1. Lime itself does not offer the scooters for sale, but only for rent.
2. This means that you can simply use the appropriate app to rent a scooter at Lime scooters in the city.
3. Thereby, a basic fee and each minute driven as an additional cost.
4. But scooters from Lime can be taken home in a special program and loaded there.

Buy e-scooters: What you should know to buy

1. An e-scooter has a road permit - just like bicycles and cars.
2. An e-scooter may only be driven on a road if it has been approved accordingly and is equipped with a license plate.
3. Auch eine Haftpflichtversicherung ist notwendig, um erlaubt am öffentlichen Straßenverkehr teilnehmen zu dürfen.
4. Bei den meisten Anbietern sind eine Versicherung und eine Zulassung direkt im Kaufpreis enthalten.