Upgrading the cheapest street-legal E-Scooter I could find on the Internet!

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In this video I will be having a closer look at the cheapest street-legal E-Scooter I could find on the Internet. It is called the eScooter Street One from Aldi and I will not only tell you my personal opinion about it but I will also upgrade some of its electrical features. That means I will try to increase its speed, range, charge up time and also change the fact that the lights require their own little batteries. Let's get started!

Thanks to JLCPCB for sponsoring this video

Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats
Killing Time, Kevin MacLeod

[Sheevlord]

> Using resistors to drop the voltage
DC-DC buck converter: "Am I a joke to you?"

[Asu]

Greatscott!: uses XT60 for hand crank generator project.
Also Greatscott!: uses 5.5mm DC barrel connector to power electric scooter.

[jamess]

"I didn't increase the speed. To stay street legal of course." 😂😂😂😂

[Michael-wcll]

Me as a German when I saw the title:
He can't do that, this is a RECHTSWIDRIGKEIT!

[heinrichvasturburgen]

The resistor set up is a very inelegant solution when all you need is a cheap little buck convertor.

[FridNstuff]

wait, did he just put a ton of resistors to lower the voltage? isn't that a waste of energy?

[rafalmag]

Hello. Thanks for sharing! For the "lights upgrade" - instead of dropping the voltage using resistors I would use step down converter - you had plenty of room for those and the advantage would be that once set - the lights would not dim when battery pack would discharge.

[realdragon]

GreatScott: What a nice brand new electric scooter. Let's tear it apart and upgrade it

[ojuleko]

Wait, is that a registration plate? ON A F*CKING ELECTRIC SCOOTER? WHAT KIND OF POLICE STATE IS THIS?!

[gameconsole]

Me: trying to sleep.
GS: Uploads a content.
Me: Lets get started.

[kruemmelbande]

Scott: *buys scooter and pays extra for license*
Also scott: *modifys the scooter and voids the license*

[cameraman]

Maximum Speed Under a load is something to look into as well, like average speed under a small incline like 3 degrees or so, could be improved with a higher capacity battery pack but keep the voltage the same. This increases range and improves performance by reducing voltage drop on the motor. Did this to my E-scooter and went from 9 MPH up a slight incline to 11-12 MPH. Also gained 3 miles of range. Went from 5AH to 7AH. Also I have been losing weight which contributes to the scooter running more efficiently with less weight to carry.

[robsdeviceunknown]

I Lived in Germany in the 80's for 3 years. I loved it. Was the cleanest place I ever lived. I remember folks getting out and sweeping the streets. I was relatively fluent speaking german, but forgot it all now. But in today's world? You couldn't pay me to live there. Back then i was able to own guns, go hunting and fishing... was pretty free. Now you can't do jack.

[shadowthenightfury]

Will you ever make a collab with electroboom in one video? :D

[debjitkhaskel]

This type of videos always remain my best

[nosafetyswitch]

I liked the two upgrades but the one on the lights with the couple dozen resistors looked, well, not very elegant :D. You can easily make a couple of crude constant current sources like those you have shown in so many of your videos...

[andrekroth]

Every time he said scootaaa and powaaa i had to smile. I'm so sorry.

[CarlOfDuty]

I'd rather use some small dc-dc to drive the lamps, to avoid wasting power on the resistors. Maybe i'd also put the lights in series to increase the overall required voltage (if they are rated similar voltage & current)

[sysghost]

Modified my e-scooter (Ninebot ES1) with 4 times as many batteries to get a much longer range. Requires two chargers, which I plan to replace with one beefier charger. The steering pole looks like it's been eating steroids with all the extra batteries hanging around. (Made some neat holders with help of a 3D printer).

I've also increased the maximum allowed current to the motor in the controller settings. A bit above the recommended settings for the BLDC motor. That did shorten the range a bit, but in turn, it got a lot stronger and have a much easier time uphill. I can always lower the speed to increase the range if need be.

The scooter in question is made from scrap-parts and broken/run over scooters I've bought from various sources, which made it all quite cheap.. except for the batteries. They're the most expensive parts in my case. I don't want to deal with batteries from questionable sources, or deal with "used" battery packs. One never know the state of those which can be dangerous.

[roostertechchan]

Your insurance might be invalid now :)