When the topic of e-scooters arises, people often immediately think of shared e-scooters rather than privately owned ones. However, it's crucial also to differentiate between the two and be able to analyze them through the lens of scientific research.

We've complied a collection of articles and news that explore a range of topics related to e-scooters, including safety, market growth predictions, social and economic factors, user personas, and more. When reviewing scientific literature on micro-mobility and e-scooters, it's especially critical to discern whether the authors are addressing shared e-scooters or privately owned ones or both.

Market Growth Prediction

• E-Scooters Market To Grow at 7% CAGR by 2030 - Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)
• Global micromobility market can reach $260 bn by 2025
• Micromobility is gaining favor with consumers worldwide—and may fast become a mainstay of urban transportation
• Global e-scooter market prediction 2023-2027 by Channel Summit EMEA
• The progress of shared micro mobility across Europe by The Mobility Innovation Marketplace
• The ITF Transport Outlook 2021 provides scenarios for the development of transport demand up to 2050

Environment

• How micromobility affects the climate: pluses, minuses
• Modelling Travel Behaviour with Shared Micro-Mobility Services and Exploring their Environmental Implications

Safety

• Are E-Scooter Users More Seriously Injured than E-Bike Users and Bicyclists?
• Unsafety on two wheels, or social prejudice? Proxying behavioral reports on bicycle and e-scooter riding safety – A mixed-methods study
• The International Transport Forum: safemobility
• Micromobility Device Safety Testing and Certification
• Evaluating the Safety and Performance of Electric Micro-Mobility Vehicles
• European Road Safety Observatory. Road Safety Thematic Report. Personal Mobility Devices
• Changes in shared and private e-scooter use in Brisbane, Australia and their safety implications
• Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Assessing Vibration Impact of E-Scooters with Different Wheel Sizes
• A data-driven framework for the safe integration of micro-mobility into the transport system: Comparing bicycles and e-scooters in field trials
• Survey on e-Powered Micro Personal Mobility Vehicles: Exploring Current Issues towards Future Developments
• How do different micro-mobility vehicles affect longitudinal control? Results from a field experiment
• Recommendations on Safety of E-scooters ETSC
• Implementation of a Low-Cost Data Acquisition System on an E-Scooter for Micromobility Research

Social Factors

• Gendered travel behaviour in micromobility? Travel speed and route choice through the lens of intersecting identities
• Bikes and Scooters on the Road to Net Zero?: Yes, with Some ‘Ifs’ (criterias / what is suitable for e-scooter scenario)
• Social context/ why e-scooter is good for communities: Using emerging mobility data to advocate equitable micromobility infrastructure in underserved communities
• Shared e-scooter micromobility: review of use patterns, perceptions and environmental impacts
• Toy or Tool: Expectations, Impacts, and Contradictions of E-Scooters from a Social-Exclusion Perspective
• Electric Scooter Statistics, Data, Trends, and Markets
• Who are the potential users of shared e-scooters? An examination of socio-demographic, attitudinal and environmental factors

Personas & Consumer group values/preferences

• Where Have Shared E-Scooters Taken Us So Far? A Review of Mobility Patterns, Usage Frequency, and Personas
• The e-kickscooter takes to the road: Understanding consumer-ownership preference
• E-scooters and public transport – Complement or competition? It appears that e-scooters are winning out over public transport

Country-specific

• New Micromobility Means of Transport: An Analysis of E-Scooter Users’ Behaviour in Trondheim (NORWAY)
• Factors Affecting e-Scooter Mode Substitution (NORWAY)
• How to promote the environmental sustainability of shared e-scooters: A life-cycle analysis based on a case study from Lisbon (PORTUGAL)
• Exploring the benefits of minimobility in the urban context: The case of central Stockholm (SWEDEN)
• Survey of E-scooter users in Vienna: Who they are and how they ride (AUSTRIA)
• Comprehensive comparison of e-scooter sharing mobility: Evidence from 30 European cities
• Micro-mobility overview: French statistics (mobiprox) (FRANCE)
• Mobiprox 4 user-groups (FRANCE)
• User groupsuser profiles by mobiprox
• Free-floating e-scooter usage in urban areas: A spatiotemporal analysis ( Paris, Malaga, Bordeaux, and Hamburg)
• Scooter sales have moved upmarket in 2022
• France's electric scooter market continues to explode. The 42% increase in sales between 2020 and 2021 shows that this means of transport is no longer simply a passing fad, four years after the first models appeared in the city. (FRANCE)
• Intermodal use of (e-)scooters with train in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: towards extended train stations areas? (FRANCE)