E-scooter in the test

Is the Navee V40i Pro suitable as a city runabout?

Can be folded up to save space: the V40i Pro from Navee.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Sebastian Räuchle)

With its "SUV" among e-scooters, the N65i, the Chinese manufacturer Navee was almost completely convincing in our test at the end of July. We only had one - quite considerable - shortcoming to report. The V40i Pro that we have now tested at least partially remedies this, but users pay the price elsewhere.

Too big and heavy for everyday use in the urban jungle - that was our conclusion about the Navee N65i, which weighs in at almost 23 kilos and can therefore be quite a burden - in the truest sense of the word - for people who have to negotiate one or two flights of stairs on the way from A to B. This is true of the V40i Pro. This only applies to the V40i Pro to a limited extent, but there are other compromises to be made.