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The boundless mechanical bicycle thwarted by its electric equivalent

2021-03-02T18:28:50.756Z


No one would ever have the idea of ​​betting on free-floating mechanical bicycles. The pioneers of this formula have disappeared body and property, with resounding bankruptcies


Always more electric bikes shared without terminal.

In Paris, Lime, which operated 2,000 since taking over Jump last summer, will increase its fleet to 5,000 units in early April.

But the American operator, known above all for its scooters, will not be left alone for long in this niche in the capital.

Read also: Self-service electric bicycles are looking for a second wind

On Thursday, the French start-up Pony will deploy 500 electric bikes in the capital.

"If the customer borrows a bicycle on one of the two cycle paths doubling lines 1 and 13 of the metro, the race will be invoiced only 1.90 euros regardless of its duration because our maintenance costs will be reduced with machines grouped together on known axes ”,

affirms its co-founder, Paul-Adrien Cormerais.

At the end of spring, it will be the turn of Dott, who already operates scooters in Paris, to enter the niche of electric bikes.

And the Swiss start-up Bond, which operates electric bicycles in particular in Hamburg and Helsinki, has chances of deploying 1,000 to 1,500 machines.

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Source: lefigaro

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