Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Gilles Margaria

Deborah Frances Mielewski

Alper Kiziltas

Rodrigo Denizarte De Oliveira Polkowski

Cristiano Grings Herbert

Julio Okada

Eduardo Pinto

Devices, systems, and methods for controlling microbial contamination of scooters are disclosed. A method may include determining that a user interaction with a vehicle is complete, presenting a first indication that the vehicle is unavailable for use, activating a heating element of the vehicle, the heating element associated with a microbial reduction process, determining that a time period associated with the microbial reduction process has expired, deactivating, based on the expiration of the time period, the heating element of the vehicle, and presenting a second indication that the vehicle is available for use.

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