Tag: e-scooters
Organisations call on PM to set date for e-scooter legislation
More than 50 organisations have signed a letter to the Prime Minister urgently calling on the government to legalise e-scooters. The signatories have warned that the UK is at risk of falling behind the rest of Europe. Rental e-scooters are currently only available through government trials in around 23 towns and cities around England –…
Voi launches safety campaign to educate e-scooter riders
European micromobility Voi has launched its second international safety campaign, “Let’s get it right”, to educate riders about how to responsibly use shared e-scooters. The campaign, which will run for six weeks, is targeting people living in the 80+ towns and cities where Voi operates. Voi also commits to host more than 100 safety training…
Voi partners with Drover AI to deploy computer vision to tackle pavement riding
Deployment of computer vision on e-scooters in Europe will see thousands of Voi vehicles installed with Drover’s PathPilot AI technology in Oslo Drover AI uses machine-learning and computer vision to accurately and reliably identify whether the e-scooter is on the pavement, road or cycle lane PathPilot will supercharge Voi’s geo-fencing capabilities as well as…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Smart e-scooters will stop if ridden recklessly
Electric scooters that automatically stop when being ridden recklessly or on footpaths will be brought to British roads in a world first for the "smart" technology. Superpedestrian, an American company known as the “Volvo of e-scooters”, plans to bring the technology to a trial programme in Nottingham in the spring before taking it to cities…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple updates safety guide for AirTag
Image: Apple Apple has released an updated safety guide amid ongoing concerns over the company's AirTag devices. The company quietly released the safety portal on Monday. The Personal User Safety Guide offers advice on how people can keep themselves and their data safe. AirTags are designed to locate lost items using…
Tech Digest: WhatsApp trials in-app cryptocurrency payments
WhatsApp is trialling in-app cryptocurrency payments using the Novi digital wallet, also owned by Meta. The small pilot follows the failure to launch Libra as a global digital currency, meaning the feature is only available for WhatsApp users in Guatemala and the US at the moment. But the long-term aim for Meta is the same. In…
Money off LINK e-scooter rides during European Mobility Week
Micromobility provider Superpedestrian will be offering 20% off all rides on its LINK e-scooters across European towns and cities in celebration of European Mobility Week (16-22 September). Free 30-minute rides will also be offered in select locations on World Car Free Day (22 September). The 20% discount will be available across all of Superpedestrian’s European…
2 in 3 motorists don’t want to share roads with e-scooters
Almost two-thirds of motorists are opposed to sharing the roads with e-scooters according to a poll by Motorpoint. The online survey on the Motorpoint website – www.motorpoint.co.uk – found 69 per cent of drivers were against any moves by the UK Government to make e-scooters a legal form of transport once a trial throughout England has been…
NIU launches KQi3 electric scooter for £339
Global electric mobility innovator NIU has announced the launch of the brand-new KQi3 electric kick scooter in the UK as the company’s first product in the booming micromobility sector. Launching on July 13, 2021 in the UK market, the KQi3 will be available from Indiegogo for £339 with the Early Bird offer (MSRP from £599).…
E-scooters come to London – but City postpones involvement
Electric scooters, known as e-scooters, will officially become available to rent in selected areas of London from today (June 7th 2021) as part of a year-long scheme to measure their viability. However, the trial hit an early roadblock when one of the capital’s boroughs announced it would be postponing its involvement. According to the Evening…
