Following a plague of thefts to the Palestinian Authority, manpower shortages and new municipal tenders: Yango's Wind scooter sharing company ceases operations in Israel. In terms of the thefts, this is an estimated damage of millions of dollars.
Superintendent Adam Kahlon, Jaffa Station Investigations Officer, for the theft of scooters in Tel Aviv (Archive) \\ Israel Police
Wind has notified the authorities in which it operates that it will remove its scooters from the public space at the end of January. This is due to the extremely high costs required by the municipalities and the plague of theft that is not enforced.
Wind Scooters in Tel Aviv (Archive),
The company, which has the second largest fleet of vehicles in Israel, will leave Israel at the end of January. The company said: "The company's decision follows the demand of some authorities to charge sums of money for travel, as well as the provision of many reports to the collaborative tools. In addition, in recent months, hundreds of shared scooters have been stolen, without the state being able to address the phenomenon. The estimated damage is millions of dollars.
At the same time, since the beginning of the war, there has been a large shortage of manpower in the field, which makes it even more difficult to operate the system, alongside a decline in the number of trips due to the situation in the economy. However, Yango will continue to operate in Israel and will increase its presence and activity in the market in the other areas in which it operates, and will allocate the resources allocated at Wind for the development of the group's other companies in the field of transportation and rapid remuneration."
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