[1][2] Keating, Scoot's CEO, had a background in transportation software and urban planning, Ewing previously worked with MoveOn advocacy group, and Riegel was a co-founder of EnergyHub.

This enabled customers to end their rental by parking the scooter at the curb rather than in a garage with a power outlet - so called "free floating" vehicle sharing.

Marketed as Scoot Quads, the cars were Renault Twizy heavy quadracycles available for the first time in the United States as a pilot project.

[8] In 2016, the company received additional funding, primarily from Mahindra Partners and Vision Ridge Capital, for a new fleet of hundreds of electric motor scooters by GenZe.

[15] In July, 2019, after serving hundreds of thousands of riders with millions of rides, Scoot and its 200 employees were acquired by Bird, a competitor, for an undisclosed value.

[4] The prices of the most popular products are as following, currently as of October 2018 (in US-Dollars): The target audience is 18- 45-year-old users, who have access to the scoot mobile app via their smartphone.

Scoot directly employed over 100 people in San Francisco, including engineers, designers, mechanics, customer service staff, and managers.

[1] Scoot's European headquarters was in Barcelona where the company employed more than 50 managers, marketers, customer service staff, mechanics, and other technicians.

[22] Scoot's Latin America headquarters was in Santiago, Chile where the company employed more than 30 managers, marketers, customer service staff, and technicians.