2 years ago when I searched, I was unable to find such a thing, because I needed to do 10 miles twice a day, every day (although I could charge between). I spent about $2k for 25 mile capacity.
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I did find this and am gonna look more into these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC8Fd7Hb1w&t=471s
But I bet yours is swanky.
Slightly off-topic, but if your current scooter has inflatable tyres, I suggest you check their pressure. The drag gets considerably higher with underinflated tyres, making your battery discharge at a faster rate.
Have you considered getting a bicycle? For these distances you don't really need any engine unless you have a physical disability.
Ahh alas, I am a 130 pound adult male for reasons that aren't fantastic.
I have debated getting a bike for the days I feel up to it, I just know that many days I wouldn't be up to it so I need something for those days.
AliExpress has scooters in your budget that advertise further range, but I haven't tested them personally.
Honestly, I'd recommend getting a decent used bicycle. 2 miles is nothing, especially once you get acclimated to riding. Last weekend I rode down to my local bike shop (about a mile and a half away) to buy new pedals for my MTB (Black Ops Squatch btw, they were $12 and I picked them up after someone here recommended them as good budget pedals), decided to go on a little test ride, and kind of ended up riding 20 miles on accident.
Great exercise and you can haul stuff with them too!
I know that isn't necessarily what you were after but at that price range, I think you might struggle to get anything reliable. That said, if you really want a scooter, keep an eye on slickdeals.net under the sport section, escooter deals pop up regularly on there.
Gotrax is definitely not reliable as a company and I regularly see people complaining about them fwiw. That said, you could probably just find a higher capacity battery for your existing scooter if it's otherwise functional.
Alas, I am a 130 pound adult male because of health reasons.
Some days I could use a bike, other days I can't. I have been debating getting a cheap bike when I can afford it so on days I feel up to I can, but then I might get left in a lurch where I leave feeling up to biking, then get stuck because I can't get back.
Part of why I like scooter instead of ebike. I can fold up little scooters and throw them in the back of an uber super easily if I suddenly find myself unable to keep going.
Save the ewaste and buy a new battery?
Could it be the quality of the cells thay made it cheap and not the efficiency of the motor?
I didn't see any way to easily replace the battery, wish I had bought one that had replaceable batteries. If there is a resource for it I would love to know, no luck far.
If you want to try replacing the battery yourself it looks like they sell new batteries for that scooter.
https://gotrax.com/products/36v-5-4ah-escooter-battery
Here’s an iFixit guide on replacing it.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Gotrax+GXL+Scooter+Battery+Pack+Replacement/124154
Also GoTrax claims it has a 2-year warranty. It might be worth it to see if they’ll send you a new battery for it.
These services aren't cheap afaik, but there are cell repackers that can rebuild proprietary batteries using the original casing. I chatted with them when looking at ebikes. Even the support team is shockingly hardware-literate. Like, they REALLY know their stuff.
I would love to know the actual environmental impact of all these cheap electric scooters and other similar vehicles that don't last...
Switching to a pedal assist bike could help with the range of you are open to expending some of your own energy.
For health reasons I'm iffy on getting a pedal bike, because if I suddenly realize I can't keep going with my scooter, I can easily get an uber and throw it in the back. Just harder with a bike.
A good ebike wil probably run him more though
i dont know where you live but these can go below $500 and have 50km range. these things are huge in south east asia so if you can reasonably import them then i highly suggest research them and consider them. these e bikes also have in bike configuration called cyrusher in western i think but its way more pricier. if you can, try getting them from asian vendors because its way way more cheaper
This entire answer is mostly conjecture, but I think you'd have to be looking for the e-scooter that has the largest battery pack in that price range. Of course, such a pack would add weight and possibly bulk to the scooter. A quick search on Amazon showed this scooter, a Segway NineBot ES4 listed for $480.
Your GoTrax has a 36V 5.2A battery pack, which works out to be 187 Wh. The ES4 has double the capacity, at 374 Wh. If the GoTrax could only muster 4 miles, then the ES4 should be double that.
But I do think there may be something wrong with your GoTrax. 187 Wh per 4 miles means an efficiency of 30 Wh/km. But scooters tend to be closer to 12 Wh/km. For reference, a class 3 ebike cruising at 45 kph (28 mph) is 48-60 Wh/km. Scooters travel so much slower, and so should be many-fold more efficient.
If we say 12 Wh/km is too optimistic for the ES4, then let's conservatively assume it does 24 Wh/km. That would still mean it could do 10 miles, which is just within your parameters.