Mercedes-Benz is entering the business of electric scooters

Mercedes-Benz announced without much fanfare at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show that it was getting into the electric scooter business.

With increasing urbanization, most of the routes that people take on a daily basis fall into the category of "micromobility" and are therefore prime candidates for the use of bicycles, scooters and electric scooters.

For example, in the United States, approximately 60 percent of all routes are eight kilometers or less.

Parent company Daimler announced that it will launch the first electric scooter in early 2020.

The automaker did not provide details on range, price or any other information, reports PC Press.

What is known is that the company has teamed up with the Swiss company Micro on this project, which specializes in electric vehicles, and is known to us for the cute little Microlino car.

The electric scooter will be co-branded, with the Micro logo and the Mercedes-Benz star, reports B92. More precisely, the German company counts the electric scooter as part of the EQ family. The EQ label represents the brand's electric cars – the first of which was the EQC electric crossover. The EQ range will eventually include the EQA small car, the EQV production electric van and the EQS sedan concept that Mercedes-Benz has already shown at the Frankfurt show.

As congestion in metropolises increases and opportunities for widening roads decrease, people will look for an option to cope with the situation. Car manufacturers carefully monitor trends and mobility of all kinds. Judging by the growing trend in the micromobility sector, it is certain that electric scooters will only experience their expansion.