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Why do thousands of perfectly good rental e-scooters end up thrown into city rivers every single year?

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Why do thousands of perfectly good rental e-scooters end up thrown into city rivers every single year?

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Why do thousands of perfectly good rental e-scooters end up thrown into city rivers every single year?
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