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A new study has found that e-bikes and scooters may emit more emissions than the journeys they replace – Alex Ballinger explores the potential limits of micromobile cities “In the way they are currently used, shared e-scooters and e-bikes do the climate more harm than good,” is the stark warning …

Surplus FoodTech company Earth & Wheat has partnered with micromobility platform HumanForest, welcoming the app’s cyclists to join its ‘mission’ of reducing food waste in London. HumanForest launched its fleet of 800 zero-emission, fully electric bikes in London last September. Earth & Wheat launched in March 2021 and is on …

The micromobility firm Spin has marked its one million e-scooter trip milestone, almost doubling the number of trips made during the London trial schemes.   Spin, the micromobility wing of the Ford Motor Company, currently runs e-scooter services in six locations across the UK in Milton Keynes and Essex.  Since first …

The Nottingham-based e-bike brand WAU has announced a rapid expansion with 88 new job roles.  WAU, founded in 2017, is currently in the process of scaling up its business operations to expand into international sales, both in Europe and America.  The Nottingham-based brand, which also has a factory in Essex, …

TfL and e-scooter operators Dott, Lime and Tier have released new data that shows the progress of the capital’s trial, with more than 585,000 trips now made, covering a total of 1.6 million kilometres. Around 180,000 people have used the scheme to date and the most rides by a single …

Irish e-bike company Modmo has raised  €8.7 million (£7.2 million) in its seed investment round, led by €5 million from Ballymore Group CEO Sean Mulryan.  Modmo was founded in March 2020 by 25-year-old Irishman Jack O’Sullivan, who wanted to help get more people on bikes and out of their cars. …

Shared transport operator Dott has raised an additional $70 million in its Series B funding, bringing the total raised to $150 million this round. Founded in 2018, Dott now operates in 36 cities and nine countries across Europe, including a fleet of e-scooters and e-bikes in London.  After announcing $85 …

London e-scooter operators have combined efforts to develop a new ‘universal sound,’ which alerts pedestrians to approaching scooters.  With the help of researchers from University College London, the universal sound will eventually be installed on Tier, Lime and Dott shared machines in the hopes of improving safety for pedestrians, particularly …