Top Picks: the Electric Scooters & Bikes that Won Our Editors' Hearts in 2023
Paul Somerville
Rider Guide’s Editor-in-Chief is a seasoned expert in the electric scooter industry. With a wide-ranging background that includes managing scooter warehouses, selling thousands of motorcycles, and restoring high value (+1M) European sports cars, his expertise is unmatched. Having personally tested more than 100 electric scooters, he offers invaluable insights and recommendations to our readers. We are fortunate to have him as part of our team, as his diverse skill set and extensive experience ensure top-notch reviews.
Like many of you at the end of the year, we’re feeling reflective here at Rider Guide. As we think back on a dramatic year, we remember some of the fastest, most innovative, and most powerful scooters we’ve ever ridden, all released in 2023.
While we work hard to compile our list of Best Electric Scooters each year, that list doesn’t capture everything, especially in a year like this one, when we saw a handful of challengers for the title of fastest scooter.
We’ve had two scooters come out with full carbon fiber frames, including one that took top honors as the fastest in every category. We’ve also expanded into new territory, reviewing electric motorcycles and e-bikes, and we hired a new reviewer, RK9’s Mitchell Anderson!
To reflect our many changes over the past year, we’ve come up with some new awards. See all of the scooters, e-motos, and e-bikes that won our 2023 Editor’s Choice Awards below and in the full video above.
Most Searched-For Scooter of 2023
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Most Badass Scooter of 2023
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Fastest Scooters Under $1500
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Most Anticipated for 2024
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Most Futuristic Electric Scooter
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Best Budget Electric Scooters
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NIU KQi1 Pro – $349