Tag: Superpedestrian
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…
Intel’s Moovit adds Link e-scooters to app
Moovit, an Intel company and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions provider has added LINK e-scooters to its service thanks to a new partnership with Superpedestrian, LINK’s parent company. Commuters can access multiple public and private transit services in the Moovit app that it's hoped will help them save time and reduce the need for…
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…
E-scooter firm launches ‘Pedestrian Defense’
Superpedestrian, the MIT spin-off engineering firm behind LINK has unveiled a breakthrough active safety system dubbed “Pedestrian Defense" as a 3-year-old is left with life-changing injuries from an accident involving an e-scooter in South London. The new system doesn’t just detect unsafe behaviours like riding on the pavement, but puts a stop to them in…
