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Michelin has unveiled its new prototype for airless tyres, designed for e-cargo trikes.  The French tyre manufacturing giant says that it is focusing on developing urban mobility and last-mile delivery products, to help improve sustainable, accessible transport modes.  Michelin has now unveiled the Michelin X Tweel airless radial tyre for …

Ride hailing and e-scooter app Bolt has raised €628 million in funding, as it aims to ‘accelerate the move to shared mobility’.  Bolt, founded in 2013 in Estonia, offers a range of vehicle hire services, micromobility options, car sharing, and food delivery, and now operates in 45 countries across Europe …

The transport app Free Now has partnered with micromobility platform Zipp across Ireland.   Free Now has integrated Zipp Mobility’s e-scooter and e-bikes on its app, letting travellers book Zipp machines when the service is rolled out in 2022.  Zipp has already launched its e-scooters and e-bikes in the UK and …

Lime has launched an innovative gift-swap for anyone who was given an illegal scooter for Christmas.  The shared e-scooter provider, which currently runs rental schemes in London, Milton Keynes, and Manchester, is letting people swap their new scooter for free Lime rides following the festive period.  Private e-scooters are illegal …

Shared e-scooter firm Voi has raised $115 million (£87 million) from investors, resulting in the brand being valued at just over $1 billion.  Sweden-based start-up Voi has been expanding its European fleets of shared mobility schemes, as the company intends to go public in the near future, according to founder …

Zoomo has announced a new ‘supercharged’ speed e-bike, designed to replace the petrol moped.  Delivery e-bike brand Zoomo has unveiled the Zoomo One, an electric bike with a top speed of 45km/h, purpose built for last-mile delivery services.  The Zoomo One is designed to eliminate the need for petrol mopeds …

Electric cargo bike brand Vok has launched a unique sharing scheme in London, to aid the city’s delivery sector.  Estonia-based firm Vok has partnered with tech logistic company Stuart Delivery to introduce a new on-demand mobility project, which will let delivery riders rent Vok e-cargo machines on a short-term basis …

Tier has acquired Vento Mobility Srl, the Italian subsidiary of Wind Mobility. This marks Tier’s entry into the Italian market and, as of now, the first Tier e-scooters will be available on the streets of Bari and Palermo. Other Italian cities will follow in the coming days and weeks. The …

London-based firm HumanTransport has been named as one of the top-10 most innovative transport technology companies by BusinessCloud.  The shared e-bike provider, which launched in the capital earlier this year, has been named in the BusinessCloud Transport Tech 50, a list of the most innovative UK companies in the sector.  …

Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has said that shared mobility must become “the norm” across the UK as she outlined support for a system “fit for the future”. Addressing the Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) annual shared transport conference this week, the minister said the country needs to move away from “20th-century …