As e-scooters have risen in popularity, I'm sure I haven't been the only one to notice a problem in how publications refer to them. I mean, my job largely relies on communication, right? So, when communication is unclear, I believe that it does all of us a major disservice.
If you say the word "scooter," someone who's used to the type of two-wheelers that you sit on to ride might picture a Vespa, or a Honda ADV150, or a Yamaha Vino, or something similar. But if you say it to people who only know the word 'scooter' as associated with the standing e-scooters you can rent in many large metropolitan areas, then that's the mental image they're going to conjure up.
And to a degree, you can't really blame them, especially when those of us who write about them can't seem to agree on specific, unified terminology. We all know what a car is, and what a truck is. But do you know or care about splitting hairs to settle what's an SUV and what's a CUV if you don't work in the automotive industry? You probably don't.
