Over 5 million units were sold in the six months following the launch of the first Razor scooter in 2000, and it was named as Toy of the Year that same year. The first electric Razor scooter was released in 2003. Today, the Razor is manufactured by RazorUSA, based in Cerritos, California, in the United States.

Why was the Razor scooter invented?

A. It was invented because Gino Tsai the inventor president of the J.D. Corporation Couldn't walk well around his factory . So they decided to make the Razor Electric Scooter.

When was the scooter invented?

The wooden kick scooter with skate wheels, crude but very effective, dates back to sometime in the late 19th century, when motorized bikes were also developed. The first motorized scooter for adults, the Autoped, was developed in 1913 and patented in 1916 by inventor Arthur Hugo Cecil Gibson (seen in cover photo).