This is a question I have been asked a couple of times of late. There are two major reasons I have reverted to lead-acid batteries. First is cost. To outfit the scooter with lithium-ion adds $800 to the sell price for little benefit. Whilst Lithium has a theoretical longer life cycle and tends to deliver the same power without loss for longer - it is explosive and as mentioned, expensive. Note that to freight them they are classed as Dangerous Goods and have to be shipped separately in special DG containers adding yet more cost. To replace the lithium battery is about $1000. To replace a lead acid battery (there are 5x 12V per unit) each can be sourced for about $80.And then there is storage available on the unit. With lithium the big single battery takes over the under-seat storage box. With lead-acid they sit in front of the storage box out of sight leaving the scooter TWO storage boxes. As I say - to me - lead-acid makes more sense.
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Hi can you provide more photos please, the sun glare captured in this picture makes the scooter hard to make out.