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Over 100,000,000 sold

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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #7

    Growing up, we thought of those as old lady's motorbikes. I'm amazed they're still going and so popular.

    I was only joking

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      Jolly
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      #8

      I assume they get insane fuel mileage.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • taiwan_girlT Offline
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        #9

        Everybody, and I mean everybody, has a scooter in Taiwan, but I have not seen many of that type.

        They are more the traditional scooter.

        (scooters are getting a little bit less as Taiwan has gotten richer and more people have gotten cars, but they are still a most common source of tranportation).

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        (Not my picture but common sight in the cities)

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          taiwan_girl
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          #10

          Didn't think this deserve a new thread, so "stuck" it here.

          During my walk, saw this on the side of the road. Battery swap vending machine for electric scooters. I had see them before in Taiwan, but the first time I have seen them here. Appears that it uses an app to unlock the vending machine and switch out your old battery for a new one.

          IMG_9995.JPG

          The batteries are not for the stand up scooters popular in US cities, but like the one like below that can ridden on roads. I have always thought that this battery swap philosophy should be developed for cars, but a lot of disadvantages that will make it never happen.

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          • RainmanR Offline
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            Rainman
            wrote on last edited by
            #11

            So, TG, could you get two batteries from the revamped coke machine, hook them up together on the scooter, and see if you get a hot-rod rental scooter? Rubber-burning fanatics want to know.

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              Jolly
              wrote on last edited by
              #12

              If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • RainmanR Offline
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                Rainman
                wrote on last edited by
                #13

                Jolly, you still driving that old pickup?

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                  AxtremusA Away
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                  Axtremus
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                  #14

                  @Jolly said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                  If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                  Bank ATMs have money inside that worth something, yet most bank ATMs do not end up in the back of old pickups.

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                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                    @Jolly said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                    If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                    Bank ATMs have money inside that worth something, yet most bank ATMs do not end up in the back of old pickups.

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #15

                    @Axtremus said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                    @Jolly said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                    If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                    Bank ATMs have money inside that worth something, yet most bank ATMs do not end up in the back of old pickups.

                    Link to video

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #16

                      @Jolly said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                      If the batteries are worth anything

                      Catalytic converter theft is a growing thing in Chicago.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • JollyJ Offline
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                        #17

                        We've had as many as three ATMs robbed in one night. Back up a truck with a big winch and jerk the whole thing out of the ground. You can be hooked up and gone in two to three minutes...

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • RainmanR Rainman

                          So, TG, could you get two batteries from the revamped coke machine, hook them up together on the scooter, and see if you get a hot-rod rental scooter? Rubber-burning fanatics want to know.

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on last edited by
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                          @Rainman said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                          So, TG, could you get two batteries from the revamped coke machine, hook them up together on the scooter, and see if you get a hot-rod rental scooter? Rubber-burning fanatics want to know.

                          LOL, but with the second battery probably going on the passenger seat, there would be no room to pick up chicks!! 555

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

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                            taiwan_girl
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                            @Jolly said in Over 100,000,000 sold:

                            If the batteries are worth anything, how long before that entire vending machine is in the back of an old pickup?

                            It is on a pretty busy street and I not sure there is the same crime culture here in Thailand.

                            Next time I walk by, I will see what type of anti-stealing mechanisms there are.

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