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If you think that scooters are a 2020 thing, you might be wrong…

The Autoped was an early motor scooter or motorized scooter manufactured by the Autoped Company of Long Island City, New York from 1915 to 1922.

Kick scooters — a flat board on wheels with a long handle at the front, propelled by foot — have been made for at least 100 years before 1922 as toys for children. The Autoped although was one of the first examples of motorised kick scooters. Like a child's scooter, it had no seat. 
Manufactured in New York and Germany by Krupps, the U.S. postal service tested the Autoped as a means of fast transport for its special delivery service. The foldable scooter was also reportedly used as a quick getaway machine by New York gangs, racing down narrow alleys beyond the reach of police cars.
Other manufacturers followed: ABC Motorcycles produced the Skootamota, which had a top speed of 15 mph (24 km/h), and The Gloster Aircraft Company introduced the Reynolds Runabout in 1919, followed by the Unibus in 1920. 

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https://mashable.com/2015/06/15/1916-suffragette-scooter/?europe=true&fbclid=IwAR0bcQkjEFNT8Vm0BKXbs1R5m4OYIoRMlJ3mZXJmjKr9sBHhfze1U-0qjjM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoped
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/motorized-scooter-boom-hit-century-dockless-scooters-180971989/

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