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Scooter operators don't suffer from Omicron

2022-01-09T21:33:36.902Z


Lime, Bird or Dott are continuing their development plans. Teleworking does not significantly affect them.


Public transport that no longer knows its usual crowds.

Strangely quiet streets.

In force since the start of the January school year, the obligation to telework three or four days a week is starting to take effect.

The operators of shared scooters and electric bikes do not suffer too much from the consequences.

Thus, in the Paris region, Velib 'recorded more than 84,000 rentals on January 6, a level equivalent to that of December.

“We are more sensitive to the weather than to Omicron.

Rather, it is the rain that can impact our business

», Considers Jacques Greivendilger, Managing Director of Smovengo, which operates Velib '.

Same story with Lime, which continues to record as if nothing had happened three to five daily rentals per machine - whether scooters or bicycles - in French cities (Paris, Bordeaux ...) where the start-up is activated.

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Source: lefigaro

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