Tag: Spin
TIER Mobility buys Ford-owned Spin to expand into US
TIER Mobility, Europe's micromobility provider, has announced it has acquired Ford-owned shared electric bike and scooter operator, Spin, marking TIER's entry into North America. Following the recent acquisition of European bikeshare player nextbike, TIER is already operating in over 410 cities with a fleet of 250,000 vehicles. With the purchase of Spin and its 50,000…
Ford’s Spin extends Essex e-scooter hire scheme
Spin, Ford's micromobility unit, has announced the extension of its e-scooter hire schemes in Essex to March 2022, aligned with the updated Department for Transport (DfT) legislation. In agreement with the local authority districts, Spin will continue to offer short term hire to riders in Basildon, Chelmsford and Colchester but will conclude the trial in…
Ford’s Spin notches up 10,000 e-scooter rides in Essex
Spin, the micromobility arm of Ford Motor Company, has announced that its e-scooter riders have taken more than 100,000 rides since the trial launched. This milestone has been achieved in five months across the six service areas in Essex, partly driven by a growing need for a socially-distanced means of transport as people slowly return…
EAV launches electric support vehicle for Spin e-scooters
Oxfordshire based micro-mobility manufacturer Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) Limited has launched the EAV2Charge - an ultra-lightweight commercial vehicle based on its EAV2Cubed model. EAV is already supplying multiple international logistics companies such as DPD and Zedify as well as supporting supermarket deliveries by Asda and Ocado. Now EAV’s latest design is aimed at the fast-growing…
Ford’s Spin announces e-scooter trial in Essex
Ford e-scooter company Spin has announced the launch of its first public hire e-scooter trial in Basildon, the first of its kind in Essex. Spin is launching the service with 50 e-scooters available for hire in the town from this week. This is the first step in a managed phased launch which Spin is looking to…
E-scooter firm Spin launches micromobility fund
Ford-owned e-scooter firm Spin is launching a new £100,000 Micromobility Research Fund in the UK. Over the next 12 months, the fund will support top researchers from ten leading universities in the UK and US as well as a number of mobility experts from organisations in the international mobility ecosystem. Preparation for the first piece…
