OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Electric scooters may be coming to the suburbs in the spring as part of a pilot program. E-scooters for adult from Lime and Bird have been a transportation option in downtown Kansas City, Missouri for a few years now. Now an Overland Park committee wants to move them out to the suburbs. Some one on the Overland Park council want to see electric scooters throughout their city,...
Aldermen meeting as a committee of the whole on Monday night will discuss an agreement with Bird Rides Inc., based out of California, to provide stand-up electric scooter rentals in Alton. The scooters would have a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour. They can be ridden on streets, bike lanes and bike paths, but would not be permitted to be used by anyone 17 or younger. Under the proposal, the renta...
Passengers had to abandon a service at Parsons Green station in west London on Monday after a scooter caught fire then continued to burn on the platform. Transport union TSSA said e-scooters posed a "significant threat" to the public and rail staff.It said TfL should halt the carrying of e-scooters on all its services. Additionally, an e-scooter being held in lost property caught fire at TfL staff...
Compulsory helmets and designated parking zones for users of electric scooters are among the changes proposed by Italian lawmakers updating the Highway Code. Amendments to Italy’s infrastructure decree, which governs the country’s laws relating to transport and public works, are due to be debated by parliament later this week – with e-scooter regulations and a proposed driver smoking ban among the...
Swedish company Voi Technology and Irish startup Luna Systems have begun integrating computer vision technology so scooters know whether they’re riding on a footpath, a cycle lane or a street. Further down the line, this information could prompt riders to change their behaviour, get off sidewalks and park in the right areas. After testing it among employees, Voi introduced the technology for publi...
Gogoro is the latest EV company to jump on the trend of going public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The Taiwanese e-scooter and battery-swapping tech startup announced Thursday that it will combine with a SPAC called Poema Global Holdings, which is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The deal — which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022 — will net Gog...
Since workdays start at about the same time and so everyone is leaving to go to work, the problem is obvious. Traffic jams and rush hours. Scooters come to mind as an obvious solution since they are compact and can just swift through traffic. The inclination of younger people to find greener transport and to live in smaller houses is also a problem greatly solved by electric scooters. When parking...
Ola Electric's "Future Factory," in Tamil Nadu, India, the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally," will eventually employ 10,000 women, and the full facility is set to open at the end of 2022. “This is the first in a series of initiatives we are undertaking at Ola to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities ...
