A self-balancing scooter having a platform that includes a footstep, two wheels, and a gyroscopic stabilizing element that acts on wheel driving motors in such a way as to ensure that the self-balancing scooter is balanced and moves. The self-balancing scooter has a housing which accommodates a battery supplying power to the motors and is closed by a lid, the housing being removably accommodated on the platform of the self-balancing scooter such that the lid forms a footstep of the self-balancing scooter.