Escooter rider on 4th November 2024 in London, United Kingdom. A scooter-sharing system is a shared transport service in which electric motorized scooters, also referred to as e-scooters, are made available to use for short-term rentals. E-scooters are typically dockless, meaning that they do not have a fixed home location and are dropped off and picked up from certain locations in the service area.