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Almost killed someone with my Xiaomi 6 max
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Hi everyone, I need to warn all current and future owners of the new Xiaomi Electric Scooter 6 Max.
I just experienced a catastrophic safety failure that could have ended in a serious injury or legal trouble for me. While I was manually pushing the scooter across a curb (not touching the throttle), the motor suddenly engaged at 100% torque on its own.
The scooter did a violent "wheelie" and lunged forward, almost hitting a pedestrian (a young woman) in the head with the front wheel.Because of its 30kg paired with 1100w peak motor power it felt like i was trying to stop a bull, luckily i held grip on the brakes and stopped the scooter few centimeters from the womans head while she was sitting.
u/Infamous-Ice3620 — 29 days ago