KugooKirin G1

Kugoo (branded KUGOO / KugooKirin, and since ~2023 rebranded internationally as KuKirin) is a Shenzhen-based Chinese electric-mobility maker that became one of the best-known budget e-scooter names in Europe through direct-to-consumer sales and EU warehouses. The Kirin line is its commuter family; the G1 arrived in 2019 as a step up from the compact S-series toward a bigger, more comfortable 10-inch-wheel commuter. Over the following years the 'G1' label was reused for progressively more powerful hardware, so what shipped as a modest 500W single-motor scooter in 2019 was, by 2021-2022, a 2000W dual-motor machine sold under essentially the same name. That reuse is the defining quirk of the model and the reason buyers must check the actual spec sheet rather than trust the badge.