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British e-bike brand Volt has partnered with food delivery service Deliveroo to offer a subsidised e-bike trial for riders. The first-of-its-kind partnership will be a nationwide trial, that will provide delivery riders with a branded-Deliveroo e-bike at a lower price.  Riders will be able to purchase the Volt Burlington model …

E-scooter specialist Pure Electric has already smashed through its fundraising target, after launching an online crowdfunding campaign. The Somerset-based electric scooter brand, founded by entrepreneur Adam Norris, launched its public equity campaign on Wednesday morning (19th October), hitting its £1 million target almost immediately.   In the first morning of crowdfunding on …

Rental e-scooters help contribute £11,000 each to local economies every year, according to new research from micromobility operator Neuron. In a study focussed on Newcastle’s local economy, Singapore-founded company Neuron said that shared e-scooters had injected an estimated £8.9 million a year into the economy there.  Around 70% of journeys …

Bristol-based mobility startup Bo has just released its first product, a hi-tech e-scooter. Co-founders Oscar Morgan and Harry Wills showed Alex Ballinger their vision for micromobility This piece first appeared in the October edition of BikeBiz magazine – get your free subscription here “It’s going to be wild,” said Oscar Morgan, …

By Alper Oktem , founder and chief executive officer of Marti Technologies, Turkey’s largest micromobility provider  Micromobility is sweeping the world, as e-bikes, e-scooters and e-mopeds increasingly line the streets and alleyways of virtually every major city. And this trend is growing: governments are looking to low-cost and green transportation to combat …

Councils across the UK have been urged not to seek large financial contributions from shared transport providers, to avoid undermining the viability of e-scooter rental schemes.  National shared transport charity CoMoUK (Collaborative Mobility UK) has written to local authorities urging them to consider profit-sharing models, rather than taking cuts of …

Rebecca Bland looks at how the growing popularity of e-bikes is changing the face of independent bike shops This piece first appeared in the October edition of BikeBiz magazine – get your free subscription here For bike shops and distributors across the country, the last few years have been a bit …

E-scooter brand Bird has one of the lowest emission vehicles in Europe, according to an industry first life cycle analysis paper it published this year.  Launched in Paris earlier this week, US-based micromobility manufacturer Bird commissioned the independently verified life cyclist analysis of its Bird Three e-scooter, comparing it to …