Apollo City (2022) Review: An Urban-Friendly Electric Scooter

Shopping for an electric kick scooter may be irritating. Pay too little and also you sacrifice vary and the pace it’s worthwhile to climb steep hills. Pay up and you will have a hulking automobile that is troublesome to lug up a couple of flights of stairs whenever you’re performed driving. Apollo’s latest escooter does not break the mould—it sits firmly in that latter camp with its fancy options and excessive value.

The Apollo City 2022 is a really good scooter. It hardly ever gave me vary anxiousness, I had no hassle scooting up slopes, and it is comfortable to trip—it even has flip alerts! This is essential, contemplating the $1,499 asking value. But it is 57 kilos. I visited a colleague final week in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, and needed to carry this factor up three flights of stairs as a result of I used to be paranoid somebody would steal it if I left it exterior. My again did not thank me. If you reside in a walk-up, this is not the scooter for you. 

But if that is not a problem, there’s rather a lot to love concerning the Apollo City. There are a couple of questionable selections that make it a bit quirky, however it’s an in any other case nimble and secure trip that is nice for anybody significantly contemplating an electrical kick scooter as their main technique of transportation round a metropolis.  

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There are two variations of this scooter: the Apollo City 2022 ($1,499) and the Apollo City Pro 2022 ($1,799). I examined the previous, however the latter has a twin 500-watt motor that lets it go sooner, with greater torque, plus a beefier battery for higher vary. It may deal with the next weight capability (220 kilos versus 265 on the Pro). The draw back? The Pro is even heavier, at 68 kilos.

Most folks will probably be pleased with the efficiency of the usual Apollo City, although. The single 500-watt motor by no means felt too gradual when kicking off at site visitors lights, and its prime pace of 27 miles per hour is useful whenever you want that energy to go up hills. It hardly ever felt limiting. That mentioned, simply because a median automotive can hit 120 mph doesn’t suggest it ought to—be sure you’re all the time driving the authorized escooter pace restrict in your metropolis. (The Apollo City Pro can hit 32 mph.) 

The scooter itself has a couple of modes you may cycle by to manage pace through the LED show, however I like to recommend utilizing the Bluetooth companion app (not required) to limit the scooter’s prime pace. You can see different trip knowledge right here and even tweak the acceleration and the regenerative braking system (which recovers some vitality whenever you brake). 

For essentially the most half, I used to be in a position to get by simply positive utilizing the distinctive regenerative brake throttle on the left handlebar as a substitute of the entrance and rear drum brakes. On metropolis streets, it actually does not take a lot to cease whenever you’re going 15 mph. That mentioned, I would not have minded a bit extra braking energy when using these 25-mph speeds. (I examined it in an empty parking zone deep in Brooklyn at nighttime.) I stopped, however the braking distance was greater than I’d have favored to see. This will not be a problem more often than not, however it is odd that the pricier Apollo City Pro does not improve the drum brakes to more practical hydraulics.