Chances are that over the last weekend many East Valley residents’ Christmas reveries were shattered by the loud whines of motorized scooters and “pocket bikes” that just arrived under so many trees.

Scooters are being touted as a car-combating mobility solution in cities around the country, but those things are kind of missing the point. Those vehicles are a mediocre solution to address a ...

Just listen to that scooter engine purr. Segway released a strappable speaker that can simulate engine noises for its e-scooters and e-bikes. They’re describing it as an “engine sound simulation ...