Transportation in big cities is always a headache, but in recent years the rental of motorcycles, bicycles and electric scooters to reduce traffic, and greatly help mobility, the environment and, why not, also improve your fitness. Now has arrived in Spain Limewhich with hundreds of Lime-S electric scooters seek to clear the streets of our cities.
what is lime
Lime is a large multinational electric scooter company that was founded in Florida in 2017 and started as a bike sharing business. Thus, betting on scooters has achieved a valuation of more than 1,000 million dollars after the financial support that has been achieved by and the same . After landing in Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris arrived in Madrid and now their new stop is Valencia.
Lime, leader in scooter sharing in the United States with more than 3 million users and 6 million trips per year looking for a piece of the cake of mobility in Europe.
But Lime not only seeks to launch its electric scooter in Spain, but also it hopes to create around 100 jobs. “Lime-S is an intelligent mobility solution that allows avoid traffic congestion and minimizes polluting emissions” comments Vice President of Marketing, Business Development and International Expansion of Lime.
“Our electric scooters are a more efficient and fun way to get around through the city than any other existing means of transport.
This is how Lime will work
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While in Spain there are already some startups dedicated to renting electric scooters such as and , now Lime will offer its Lime-S: electric scooters “light and at the same time robust” that have been developed in association with segways and equipped with two 8-inch wheels, front and rear brakes, taillight and central headlight.
Lime’s operation is simple; It can rent an electric scooter by installing its mobile app available for iOS and Android and a QR code will unlock the scooter when you start using it.
Lime’s scooter has a price of 1 euro when unlocking the trip, plus 0.15 cents per minute. The app allows you to check the battery charge level and its speed limit will be 24 km/h, which will give you, with a full battery charge, a service for approximately 50 km per day.
Once you have unlocked the Lime app, you will be able to see a series of tutorials that will show you both the use of the scooter, as well as the precautions of security that you must follow.
the scooters They do not have a fixed station, that is, you can pick up the closest one and deliver it wherever you want. Every night from 9:00 p.m. the electric scooters will be collected to recharge and maintain them, and that they are ready at 5 in the morning when they will be redistributed throughout the city.
Controversy in Valencia in the absence of a new municipal ordinance
In any case, the arrival of Lime in Valencia has not been without controversy. The local police The cause? The use and parking of motorized scooters on public roads is not yet regulated in Valencia, although it is expected that the council may give the green light to this urban mobility system throughout the month of September. Until then, Lime’s growth in Valencia will remain in standby mode.
Image: from Lime
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