Tag: electric scooters
Newcastle set for e-scooter trial in 2021
Newcastle City Council and e-scooter operator, Neuron Mobility, have announced an e-scooter trial for Newcastle in early 2021, subject to government approval. Early next year Neuron will deploy 250 safety-first e-scooters in Newcastle and that number will increase significantly throughout the 12-month trial, it claims. The distinctive orange e-scooters will provide Newcastle residents with a safe,…
What’s the future for electric scooters?
Ashley Norris of Transition Earth argues that electric scooters will play a vital role in our future transport infrastructure... It might be hard to believe, but there was a time not long ago when the future of electric scooters hung in the balance. Detractors said they were unsafe, they cluttered up city streets. Those in…
Electric scooter firm Bird trials service in London’s Queen Elizabeth Park
Pedestrians might not be so pleased, but the young - or the young at heart, at least - will have welcomed the electric scooter trial in London which started yesterday (November 6th, 2018). Already operating in a host of US locations as well as European cities including Paris and Brussels, Bird has brought its scooters-for-hire…
Gadget Show Live: Personal transport everywhere including electric scooters from Smartrax
At Gadget Show Live at the NEC, personal transportation solutions - particularly electric scooters - were everywhere. You practically can't move without being overtaken by someone wheeling around on what looks a bit like a 21st century skateboard. Whereas once all the hype just used to be around the Segway electric scooters which you can't…
Best Buy UK stores to stock electric cars, bikes and scooters – Gallery
Best Buy, the massive US tech retailer, are opening stores in the UK this week, with the first opening in Lakeside on the 30th April. But it's not just hard-drives and gadgets for sale; Best Buy UK are set to…
