Xiaomi M365

'' 'Overall, the Xiaomi Mi M365 is a solid scooter and great value. It is a perfect entry-level model for a < 10-mile round trip commute and should hold up to frequent use.' ''

- Electric Scooter Guide

Introduction
Xiaomi Electric Scooter, also known as Xiaomi M365 - is a mainstream electric scooter created by Xiaomi. It was created in 2017, being only available to the Chinese market at the time. Eventually, it got sold international including to rental companies using their scooters as their rental electric scooter. A good example is Bird and Voi (Voi never officially used it, only for marketing purposes).

The Chinese company would selling it for customer personal use after the rental ones got too popular outside China. One with the black colour, and one with the white colour. The Xiaomi Scooter was famous for its mobility, availability and affordable fun electric scooter.

The Xiaomi electric scooters are known for their availability with parts everywhere. If you had destroyed your stem, or needed a brake pad replacement; it was available everywhere. That may probably be the reason why many people go for the Xiaomi.

TrongsUniverse Rating
The Xiaomi Scooter is rated as a Tier C, being a light and a fast scooter at the same time. However, modding will make it as a Tier A max with a external battery 56V+, 10-inch tires and a 2WD setup.

Specifications / Internal
The 2017-2020 Xiaomi Scooter are using 10S3P with 36V. The batteries were Blue Cells on the old variants, while the newer ones after late-2018 used LG Cells which were more reliable and better than the old cells. The front brushless motor is powered with 250W (peak 500W), running at max 25 km/h with the stock settings. Like most scooters of the time; Segway E2 series and Ninebot Max series, none of those included suspension and heavily relied on the pneumatic / soild tires to handle the comfort on the ground. Xiaomi by far, is one of the lightest scooters, weighing only about 12.5kg. Almost the same weight with their competitor Segway ES. The brakes on the M365 is a regenerative front brake and a rear disc brake, maximizing their use of the stopping power.

Customization
As mentioned before, this scooter is very famous for modding its components. The majority will always go for a firmware hack, which can potentially unlock more speed, acceleration, braking power, light configuration, display and many much more. Xiaomi has attempted to make this unavailable by encrypting the BLE / controller each update, so this is why it is urgent not to update the Xiaomi scooters from the official Xiaomi app. The latest recommended update by the community is v1.3.8 - where it has best of both worlds, good acceleration - good power. Most people hack their firmware using the M365 DownG and XiaoFlasher.

Not only does firmware people mod, many also go for the tire upgrade to 10-inch wheels which increases top speed, reduces bumps but decreases battery range overall. Some have even gone to install a custom front suspension to their scooters.

The potential customization is what makes this scooter so likable, and affordable.

List of models:

 * Xiaomi M365
 * Xiaomi Electric Scooter Essential
 * Xiaomi Electric Scooter Youth Edition
 * Xiaomi Electric Scooter 1S
 * Xiaomi Electric Scooter PRO
 * Xiaomi Electric Scooter PRO2

Current/Old users

 * Zaen
 * Trong (formerly)
 * Michelle
 * Charley
 * Kevin's mother's boyfriend (unknown name)