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A scooter-sharing system or kicksharing system [1] is a shared transport service in which electric motorized scooters (also referred to as e-scooters) are made available to use for short-term rentals. E-scooters are typically "dockless", meaning that they do not have a fixed home location and are dropped off and picked up from certain locations ...
Skip was founded as Waybots in winter 2017 by the creators of Boosted Board, as higher-end competitor to other scooter-sharing systems. [5] [1] In May 2018, Skip raised a $6M seed round of funding. [1] In June 2018, the company raised an additional $25M in its Series A round. [6] In December, 2020, Skip was acquired by competitor Helbiz. [7] [8]
Martı is a scooter sharing system founded by Oğuz Alper Öktem and Sena Öktem, [1] [2] operating in Istanbul, İzmir, Antalya, Kocaeli, Muğla, and Mersin. [3] The system started its services in 2019, initially available only in Istanbul, [4] and expanded to Ankara in February 2020. [5]
Because there are not enough ways to get around major cities and campuses, Spin is working to launch stationless electric scooter-sharing. “Spin’s mission is to transform cities and campuses ...
Scoot was founded in 2011 by Michael Keating. In 2012 he was joined by co-founders Matt Ewing (CCO), and Dan Riegel (CTO). [1] [2] Keating, Scoot's CEO, had a background in transportation software and urban planning, Ewing previously worked with MoveOn advocacy group, and Riegel was a co-founder of EnergyHub.
Integrating bike/scooter sharing services with transit gets rid of costs to plan and build bike infrastructure capacity at different nodes and brings neighborhoods closer to transit hubs.
Gotcha offers bikes, scooters, and rides in electric vehicles to various areas, and has announced electric trike service in certain areas. Because the company operates its bike and scooter share systems in conjunction with other organizations, the rates of service vary, but typically include a per-mile rate and sometimes an initial usage fee.
Bird is an app-based dockless scooter sharing program. Customers locate the stand-up, battery-powered scooters through the app, rent them by the minute and leave them at their destination point.