Shell makes e-scooters, battery banks, and other non-gas stuff, and I have no idea why

Ride away on your low-emission scooter branded by your favorite big oil corp. | Image: ShellShell, the company known for selling gasoline to fill your car, is trying to diversify with other forms of transit, like making electric scooters. That’s right, instead of driving to the red and yellow mollusk in one of the corners of your town for a fossil fuel fill-up, you can just ride with it on a battery-powered Shell Ride scooter.
Shell itself isn’t the one building and selling them. Rather, the gas company licensed out its name to US-based manufacturer Lotus International last year, which then gave birth to Shell Ride-branded e-scooters and e-bikes. Lotus doesn’t necessarily make them either, but handles the distribution and marketing — including making an unboxing video of its Shell Ride SR-5S Electric Scooter that’s capable of…

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