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Title says most of it. Spin electric scooters exited the Seattle market and abandoned their scooters all over the city and apparently they have a pi 4 in them!

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[–] Meltbox 126 points 1 year ago (13 children)

This is such a terrible application. These things would drain their battery just running the pi and electronics. Why such a high power platform for such basic functionality?

This screams of free money flooding startups. Amateur hour.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surely the drive motors use far more energy than the computer, and the computer doesn't need to be fully powered on all the time.

[–] Meltbox 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah they do. The device current issue is one of time. If they coded it properly they could keep the pi asleep at almost all times, but seeing as they used one in the first place I have my doubts.

Essentially it would make the scooter drain from just sitting vs being able to sit for weeks until a rider hops on.

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