Testing a 40 mph standing electric scooter: Nanrobot N6 review
For some electric scooter riders, modest speeds of 15-20 mph (24-40 km/h) are plenty. For others who want to travel on larger roads or cover farther distances on their scooter commutes, faster speeds are necessary. It’s those types of riders that Nanrobot had in mind when they rolled out their latest model, the Nanrobot N6.
With a top speed of 40 mph (65 km/h), this electric scooter definitely has those faster scooter riders covered.
And unlike some imported scooters, it didn’t leave me with that rickety feeling that can leave me shying away from fully utilizing the top speed.
To see my testing in full living color, check out my video review below. Then keep on scrolling for my complete thoughts!
Nanrobot N6 video review
Nanrobot N6 tech specs
- Motors: Dual 1,000W hub motors
- Battery: 52V 26Ah (1,352 Wh)
- Top speed: 40 mph (65 km/h)
- Range: 40 miles (65 km)
- Weight: 88 lb (40 kg)
- Load capacity: 330 lb (150 kg)
- Brakes: Front and rear hydraulic disc brakes
- Tires: 10-inch pneumatic off-road tires
- Lights: Front and rear LED
More power, more speed
Fast electric scooters can be a lot of fun, but they can also be pricey. Last month, I tested out the 2023 Apollo Pro and hit speeds of over 40 mph (65 km/h), but that didn’t come cheap. At closer to $3,000, the Apollo Pro is a fantasy for many budget-minded riders.
Scooters like the Nanrobot N6 try to deliver similar performance at a better price, even if they come with a shorter feature list. And with a price tag of $1,899, the N6 here offers up that performance in a much more affordable package.
While I wasn’t traveling at 40 mph all of the time, I certainly enjoyed taking it to the limit often. If you’re going to give me that power, I won’t make you suffer the insult of not using it.
I also made sure to wear a full-face helmet as well as Nanrobot’s armored jacket when riding at fast speeds, as you never know when you’ll need the extra protection.
That being said, there’s, of course, a time and a place for such high speeds. And that time and place was on a road with 45 mph speed limits and a decently wide bike lane painted on the side of it.
Of course, I would never ride that fast in a city bike lane, but most cyclists don’t even use these Florida bike lanes since they’re painted on the side of 45-50 mph roads. Instead, most cyclists use the multiuse paths set 20 feet back off of the road, leaving us to enjoy the wide-open bike lanes on the side of the death roads.
The ability to go that fast is thanks to a pair of 1,000W hub motors putting out some serious power. They draw that juice from the large 52V and 26Ah battery offering 1,352 Wh of capacity. Nanrobot says the battery is made from UL-listed Samsung cells, though I doubt the finished pack is UL-listed itself.
With that much battery beneath your sneakers, you’re pretty much never going to come up short on range unless you forget to charge it. I think you’d find it hard to get less than 30 miles (48 km) of range per charge, and many people who ride at more modest city speeds will find that they’re getting closer to 45 or 50 miles (72-80 km) of range.
The scooter even includes a second charge port just in case you want to pick up a second charger to fill up that battery even more quickly.
Comfortable at all speeds
As much fun as it is riding fast, most of my time was spent at speeds in the 20-30 mph range, or closer to 32-40 km/h. It’s just more common to cruise at those speeds around the city and in neighborhoods.
No matter what speed I was going, the scooter was quite comfortable to ride. The suspension is actually quite decent, and the scooter felt plenty nimble underneath me.
The 360-degree lighting also makes me feel better about riding at night since the deck lighting gives me side visibility in addition to my headlights and taillights, which let cars know when I am coming or going.
The brakes are also nice and grippy, giving me confident stops with hydraulic braking.
The folding mechanism is fairly comfortable to use. It has a big screw wheel that you spin around like the crank on a fire hydrant so you know it’s good and closed. Then the stem folds down and locks into the deck with a big metal catch so you know it’s locked and ready to be carried. At 88 pounds (40 kg), I wouldn’t recommend trying to carry it very far. But it is possible to lift it confidently into a car since you know the catch keeps it folded.
One major complaint
My one big gripe about the Nanrobot N6 is shared with many other scooters of this style: the throttle. It uses an index-finger pull throttle, which is similar in style to a small brake lever. It’s also placed right above the brake lever so that it’s very easy to move from one to the other. That also means it’s very easy for newcomers to e-scooters to get confused between the two.
I’ve never been a fan of index finger throttles due to their proximity to the brake levers, and I haven’t changed that opinion this time, either.
I’m not even a fan of thumb throttles (why would you want to use any type of lever as a throttle on a vehicle that you’re constantly bouncing around on?), but I’d at least call that an upgrade over the throttle they give us.
Sum it all up
At $1,899, you better give me some good performance when I’m paying this much cash. And the Nanrobot N6 seems to deliver.
It’s fast, powerful, and comfortable, all at the same time. The folding feels sturdy, the scooter is nice and nimble, and the entire package feels well thought out.
I’ll never like that throttle design, but it’s the one major sin on the entire scooter. Other than that, I’m pretty darn happy with the N6.
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Tesla (TSLA) is no longer confidently stating growth in its automotive business for 2025, and it has delayed updating its guidance until the next quarter after a disappointing performance in the first three months of the year.
2024 was Tesla’s first year in a decade where its vehicle deliveries went down year-over-year.
Just a few months ago, in January, Tesla was confident in predicting that it would return to growth in 2025:
“With the advancements in vehicle autonomy and the introduction of new products, we expect the vehicle business to return to growth in 2025.”
Today, Tesla released its Q1 2025 financial results, confirming that it had its worst quarter in years to start 2025.
The automaker is now clearly not as confident about returning to growth in its automotive business this year.
Tesla updated its “outlook” section this quarter to highlight the potential impact of trade policies and now no longer discusses automotive growth in isolation. Instead, it bundled automotive and energy businesses together and said that it will “revisit its 2025 guidance” next quarter:
It is difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains, our cost structure and demand for durable goods and related services. While we are making prudent investments that will set up both our vehicle and energy businesses for growth, the rate of growth this year will depend on a variety of factors, including the rate of acceleration of our autonomy efforts, production ramp at our factories and the broader macroeconomic environment. We will revisit our 2025 guidance in our Q2 update.
Tesla’s vehicle deliveries are already down about 50,000 units so far this year compared to last year.
It will be challenging to catch up in the current macroeconomic situation.
Tesla again guided the start of production of “new affordable models” in the first half of 2025, which could help the automaker to deliver more cars.
However, as we have previously reported, these new vehicles are expected to be stripped-down Model Y and Model 3, which will cannibalize Tesla’s current sales and limit its growth to those products.
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US DC fast charging is becoming more reliable, and charging stations are getting bigger and busier, according to a new Q1 2025 report from the EV data analysts at Paren.
DC fast charging station reliability is on the rise
Paren’s latest US Reliability Index – “Can I successfully charge at this charger?” – increased from 81.2 points in Q4 2024 to 82.6 points in Q1 2025, a notable jump of 1.7%. According to Bill Ferro, CTO at Paren, “This continues a quarterly trend across the US non-Tesla fast charging infrastructure, which suggests that the ongoing efforts to replace or sunset older hardware are having a positive impact on station uptime. In addition, newer entrants into the field are bringing time-tested hardware along with enhanced driver experiences.”
Utah, Alaska, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nevada were the top-ranked states for DC fast charging reliability in Q1 2025.
Growth slows, but charging stations are getting larger
New DC fast charging ports grew to 55,580 at the end of Q1 2025, up 3,667 from last quarter, with total stations reaching 10,839, an increase of 794. This is fewer new additions compared to the surge seen at the end of 2024, reflecting typical seasonal slowdowns due to winter weather. However, there’s a bright spot: the average number of ports per station among non-Tesla networks rose to 3.9, compared to 2.7 year-over-year. The Tesla Supercharger network now averages 13 ports per station.
Utilization rates reflect the urban-rural divide
Average utilization – that’s the minutes of a charging session as a percentage of time a station is open each day – dropped slightly from 16.6% in Q4 2024 to 16.2% in Q1 2025, following typical holiday travel patterns. But overall, charging use is climbing, especially in dense urban areas with significant rideshare and apartment communities that rely heavily on public chargers.
Early days for NACS transition
The Combined Charging System (CCS) remains dominant, with 59% of new ports, and the shift toward Tesla’s NACS (J3400) standard is still in its very early stages. Only 104 non-Tesla NACS ports were added this quarter at non-Tesla networks, so drivers of new non-Tesla vehicles need to use their adapters if they want to use Superchargers.
Fixed pricing prevails
Charging operators primarily use fixed pricing (80%), with Time of Use (TOU) pricing making up 16%. Pay-by-time options are rare, used only 4.2% of the time.
California is the only major state where TOU pricing surpasses fixed pricing, while many states, such as Oklahoma, Vermont, and Arkansas, almost exclusively utilize fixed pricing models.
As for the most expensive places to fast charge your EV? The top four metropolitan statistical areas are all in California, with average rates at $0.60 or $0.61 per kWh.
Rural and low-income areas at risk
The Trump administration’s cancellation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program poses a significant threat to rural and low-income communities. Loren McDonald, chief analyst at Paren, cautioned, “Our data is a harbinger of less expansion in rural and lower-income markets as CPOs will increasingly focus on urban markets, seeing high utilization, often north of 30%, versus markets with less than 5% utilization.”
‘Charging 2.0’ – a new industry phase
McDonald summed up the report by marking 2024 as a pivotal year, stating, “2024 was a year of mixed news in the US DC fast charging industry, but it will be remembered as a pivotal turn to a new era we are calling ‘Charging 2.0’. Charge-point operators and new players in the industry are increasingly focused on creating a great customer experience, improving reliability of chargers, and reaching profitability – a shift from chasing the availability of incentives, racing to get chargers in the ground, and then crossing your fingers that utilization will grow over time.”
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Tesla (TSLA) released its financial results and shareholders’ letter for the first quarter (Q1) and full-year 2025 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh for the latest information.
Tesla Q1 2025 earnings expectations
As we reported in our Tesla Q1 2025 earnings preview yesterday, the Wall Street consensus for this quarter was $21.345 billion in revenue and earnings of $0.41 per share.
The expectations had been significantly downgraded over the last month, as analysts were surprised by Tesla’s announcement of much lower deliveries than expected in the first quarter.
Did Tesla meet them?`
Tesla Q1 2025 financial results
After the market closed today, Tesla released its financial results for the first quarter and confirmed that it missed expectations with earnings of $0.27 per share (non-GAAP), and it also missed revenue expectations with $19.335 billion during the last quarter.
This is a big miss for Tesla despite the company admitting to selling a lot more regulatory credits this quarter.
At $595 million in credit sales, Tesla would have lost money without it in Q1 2025:
In short, Tesla is on the verge of being a money-losing company.
We will be posting our follow-up posts here about the earnings and conference call to expand on the most important points (refresh the page to see the most recent posts):
Here’s Tesla’s Q1 2025 shareholder presentation in full:
Here’s Tesla’s conference call for the Q1 2025 results:
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