Method for detecting tandem ride condition on electric scooter, electric scooter control system, and electric scooter

A method for detecting a tandem ride condition on an electric scooter, the scooter comprising an electric motor, the method comprising

• estimating a mass on the scooter for a current ride, wherein the estimation is based on:
• determining, for longer than two seconds, and storing movement data of the scooter, the movement data including speed data of the scooter,
• determining force or power data of the motor, and
• applying a vehicle dynamics filter to select a time period of the stored movement data during which scooter motion has primarily been longitudinal, wherein the vehicle dynamics filter includes predefined criteria including the determined speed being equal to or higher than a speed threshold and force or power in the determined force or power data being higher than zero;
• comparing the estimated mass to a statistical mass value determined based on stored data associated with a user profile, the stored data comprising one or more previously estimated masses of one or more previous rides associated with the user profile;
• and
• classifying current ride as exhibiting a tandem ride condition if the estimated mass of the current ride is higher than the statistical mass value.