Anybody who's visited a bustling American city or set foot on a college campus in the last few years can attest to the booming popularity of electric scooters — and a Chinese company may have changed the game with a solar-powered version: the S80 Solar Scooter.

At the Eurobike 2023 trade show, the Jiangsu Snail Zhixing Technology company unveiled a revolutionary new scooter that has a massive solar panel stretching from the handlebars to the front wheel and another panel that covers the entire base that riders stand on between the two wheels, according to [Inside EVs](https://insideevs.com/news/674177/s80-solar-powered-electric-scooter/). These panels provide all the charge that the scooter needs to move riders from place to place.

Since existing electric scooters all require charging via plug-in chargers, the S80 sets itself apart from its rivals by sourcing all of its energy from solar power — which means riders will theoretically never have to plug the scooter into a traditional charger.

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[Electrek](https://electrek.co/2023/06/21/s80-solar-powered-electric-scooter-never-needs-to-be-recharged/) claimed that the scooter has a range of 22 miles (35 kilometers) and requires between 35 and 70 watts to fully recharge. This means a total recharge will take between seven and 14 hours of exposure to sunlight. While that sounds like a long time, consider that simply parking your scooter outside your home or workplace will cover a lot of the charging period.

"Sure, the front panel's nearly vertical orientation isn't exactly a model for peak solar efficiency. And yes, standing on the deck solar panel probably cuts into its effectiveness," wrote [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2023/06/21/s80-solar-powered-electric-scooter-never-needs-to-be-recharged/) writer Micah Toll. "But stop raining on my parade, folks. I'm already in love!"

By using electric vehicles (EVs) instead of gas-powered transportation, you can greatly reduce the amount of harmful pollution that you create on a daily basis. According to the [Environmental Protection Agency](https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths#Myth1), EVs consistently create substantially less carbon pollution than gasoline-powered vehicles.

The scooter can reach a top speed of 15.5 miles per hour, or 25 kilometers per hour, according to [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2023/06/21/s80-solar-powered-electric-scooter-never-needs-to-be-recharged/), which also reported that the company has set the retail price in the United States at $1,400.