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  • ​Marbel's electric skateboard doesn't look like an electric skateboard

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    Sean Buckley
    Sean Buckley
    05.26.2014

    Big wheels, heavy motors and enormous batteries: electric skateboards certainly have a type. It doesn't have to be that way -- the latest motorized deck to hit Kickstarter almost looks like a normal longboard. The Marbel Board claims to be the world's lightest electric skateboard, weighing in at 9.9 pounds. That's lighter than the Boosted Board or ZBoard for sure, but its weight loss cuts into the vehicle's battery life: Marbel slows down after 10 miles of city travel, about half the range of its nearest competitors.