Mellow makes almost any skateboard electric

electric skateboards are still fairly novel in the grand scheme of “ways to get around,” but for

an inherently exciting idea, they’ve gotten awfully boring pretty quick. Boosted still makes the best one, and only a few competitors truly pressure that status. Meanwhile, a China-fueled race to the bottom has flooded the market with boards so full of compromise that many aren’t worth their more palatable $100 to $500 price tags. That’s why it was so refreshing to finally stand on Mellow Board’s first product after originally seeing it on Kickstarter years ago. Because it’s not even technically a board. At a really high level, the Mellow Drive is just a battery, a magnesium mold, a wireless remote, and some in-wheel motors that you can attach to almost any board to make it electric. But it’s also much more than that. It’s a smarter electric skateboard than anything I’ve ridden, and it feels like one of the first genuine evolutions since the category’s inception. Of course, it better be, because with a post-Kickstarter price tag of about $1,700, it’s also one of the most expensive.                                                                                                                                 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/16/16315644/mellow-electric-skateboard-test-ride-hands-on