Until now, Parisians who wanted to borrow an electric scooter had no choice.
Only the small French Cityscoot offered this service in the capital with its 3,900 shared machines.
From March, they will surely be able to ride on a
Lime
free-floating
scooter
.
The American operator, which mainly operates scooters but also electric bicycles (ex Jump), created a surprise Wednesday by announcing its arrival in this niche.
"
Lime intends to introduce electric scooters in several cities in early spring, with the first targets: Paris and Washington DC,
" said the San Francisco start-up, active in more than 100 cities, in a statement. in the world.
But the days when Lime invaded a city with his machines without warning are over.
"
We will only launch the service in Paris after having obtained authorization from the town hall of Paris
", explains one at Lime France.
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