A question you might be often asking yourself when considering using an electric scooter as your main mode of transportation is why rent VS. buy an e-scooter? When we think about electric scooters, there are many different options out there available to the customer. You can buy your own scooter, use sharing scooters or subscribe to a service like GOMEEP.

In this article we would like to take the opportunity to give you an overview of the different services out there and the cost of making use of these different services. For the price calculation we will assume the scooter is used as your main mode of transportation, meaning you use it every day to and from work, living in Barcelona.

We will start by breaking down the costs of scooter sharing:

Unlocking fee: 1€
Cost per minute: 0,15€
Average commute: 15 minutes

Doing the math’s, the average price per day is 6,5€. If you use this mode of transportation for your daily commute you would be doing this on average 21 days each month, resulting in a cost per month of 136,5€.

However, what happens if we buy a scooter? The breakdown of costs would be the following:

Average scooter price: 400€
Average annual cost of repair: 120ۼ
Helmet: 15€
Optional insurance: 80€ per year

In this way, the private ownership would cost 615€. With this information and a resell price of 25% of the scooter the average cost per month goes to around 42,9€. This calculation does not take into calculation the time you lose having to take your scooter to the shop, the waiting time and the different modes of transportation taken in the meantime!

Whereas, with the GOMEEP subscription service starting at 39€ / month, everything is included. At this price the following is included in the service:

Electric scooter: Included
Helmet and lights: Included
Service and maintenance: Included
Theft and Third-Party Liability Insurance: Included

Finally, we hope that with the provided price comparison you have a better understanding on why in the rent vs. buy e-scooter dilemma the first should be your ideal choice.

A question you might be often asking yourself when considering using an electric scooter as your main mode of transportation is why rent vs. buy an e-scooter? When we think about electric scooters, there are many different options out there available to the customer. You can buy your own scooter, use sharing scooters or subscribe to a service like GOMEEP.

In this article we would like to take the opportunity to give you an overview of the different services out there and the cost of making use of these different services. For the price calculation we will assume the scooter is used as your main mode of transportation, meaning you use it every day to and from work, living in Barcelona.

We will start by breaking down the costs of scooter sharing:

Unlocking fee: 1€
Cost per minute: 0,15€
Average commute: 15 minutes

Doing the math’s, the average price per day is 6,5€. If you use this mode of transportation for your daily commute you would be doing this on average 21 days each month, resulting in a cost per month of 136,5€.

However, what happens if we buy a scooter? The breakdown of costs would be the following:

Average scooter price: 400€
Average annual cost of repair: 120ۼ
Helmet: 15€
Optional insurance: 80€ per year

In this way, the private ownership would cost 615€. With this information and a resell price of 25% of the scooter the average cost per month goes to around 42,9€. This calculation does not take into calculation the time you lose having to take your scooter to the shop, the waiting time and the different modes of transportation taken in the meantime!

Whereas, with the GOMEEP subscription service starting at 39€ / month, everything is included. At this price the following is included in the service:

Electric scooter: Included
Helmet and lights: Included
Service and maintenance: Included
Theft and Third-Party Liability Insurance: Included

Finally, we hope that with the provided price comparison you have a better understanding on why in the rent vs. buy e-scooter dilemma the first should be your ideal choice.

Rent vs. buy e-scooter
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