If you walk in any major city in Australia, it won’t take long before you see an electric scooter passing by. Electric scooter popularity has increased tremendously in Australia. They are generally preferred due to their cost-friendly, convenient, time saving, fun, and environmentally friendly nature.
Although e-scooters in general have many benefits, many owners find it hard to find a model that ticks all the boxes. One model may have speed, but lacks range. The other may have range, but weighs a tonne in order to accommodate a larger battery. This feeling of needing to compromise on the scooter’s tech specs is common amongst electric scooter owners.
One of these frustrated commuters was design engineer, James Murphy. After wanting to purchase an electric scooter for his daily commute, he failed to find an electric scooter that had the design, speed, range, and power, he was looking for. From this frustration, James decided to create his own, which is how the idea of the Raine One electric scooter was conceptualized.
As the co-founder of the BajaBoard – an off-road electric skateboard – James was no stranger to designing innovative transport. Combine this with his passion for electric scooters, he was confident that he was designing something special when he began creating the Raine One electric scooter from his garage in Melbourne.
However, James did not walk through this journey alone. To help bring Raine to life, he teamed up with Marc Alexander – a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the smart lighting startup LIFX. He also partnered with Michelle Manning – an award-winning content marketer and Dell’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Together, the team has spent the past two years designing the Raine One electric scooter. However, the journey has definitely had its challenges. For instance, it took the team about 12 months to perfect the Raine’s signature X-fold system, which allows the scooter to be folded down without compromising its structural integrity.
After two years of hard work, the trio have just launched the Raine One – and you can already tell that this is one of the best electric scooters out there.