Tag: e-scooter
Ford’s Spin notches up 10,000 e-scooter rides in Essex
Spin, the micromobility arm of Ford Motor Company, has announced that its e-scooter riders have taken more than 100,000 rides since the trial launched. This milestone has been achieved in five months across the six service areas in Essex, partly driven by a growing need for a socially-distanced means of transport as people slowly return…
Link offers free scooter rides to reach vaccination centres
To protect communities in Italy and Spain against Covid-19, Superpedestrian is giving away €10 million in free rides on its LINK scooter to enable citizens to reach vaccination centres. To support the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccination programmes in Italy and Spain, Superpedestrian has today announced the provision of one million free rides on its world-leading…
Tech Digest daily round up: Halfords Carrera impel is-1 e-scooter reviewed
Private e-scooters may be illegal on UK roads (and pavements), but this doesn't stop retailers from selling them. Chris Price reviews the latest Halfords e-scooter, the Carrera impel is-1, for Tech Radar. "Looking for a solid, powerful e-scooter? Then the Carrera impel is-1 is definitely worth considering," he writes. "Everything about this e-scooter feels robust,…
LINK operating system improves e-scooters remotely
E-scooter company LINK is debuting a new operating system that makes it much easier to enforce no ride zones and can extend the scooter range remotely. Codenamed “Briggs”, the second version of LINK’s unique operating system slashes geofence reaction time to 0.7s, stores triple the number of geofence zones that enforce no-ride areas, has 7X more…
Tech Digest Weekly Round-up: Gocycle e-bike, London gets smart city cash
Welcome to our weekly round-up of future tech in conjunction with Transition Earth. This week there's a new e-bike from Gocycle and London gets investment to implement a smart cities programme... 1. Smart bricks that can power your home is a thing - So we have had smart cities and smart homes, how about smart…
Ducati expands e-scooter range with PRO-I EVO
Best known for its classic motorbikes, Italian brand Ducati - now owned by Audi via its Lamborghini subsidiary - is launching the latest model in its e-scooter line-up. Called the PRO-I EVO, the new model is billed as the evolution of the PRO-I Plus. The urban-smart design combines with more decisive lines in the rear…
Ford’s Spin announces e-scooter trial in Essex
Ford e-scooter company Spin has announced the launch of its first public hire e-scooter trial in Basildon, the first of its kind in Essex. Spin is launching the service with 50 e-scooters available for hire in the town from this week. This is the first step in a managed phased launch which Spin is looking to…
TfL to trial rental e-scooters across London
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have launched a competition to select operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters. The competition, which has been launched today, is open to all e-scooter operators. Up to three will be selected to take part in the 12-month trial, which is due to start in spring 2021. …
12 month e-scooter trial to start in Slough
Slough Borough Council and e-scooter operator, Neuron Mobility, have announced that e-scooters will soon be available to hire on Slough’s streets. The 12-month trial, due to start mid-October, will see 250 purpose-built e-scooters deployed across Slough to help get the town moving again post COVID-19. Neuron’s industry-leading e-scooters will provide residents with a safe, convenient…
Neuron Mobility partners with RoSPA for e-scooter safety
E-scooter operator Neuron Mobility has announced a partnership with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) which it hopes will lead the way in best practice for shared e-scooter safety in Britain. The announcement comes as Neuron- Australia and New Zealand’s e-scooter operator - prepares to launch in multiple cities across the UK.…
