What will become of self-service electric scooters?

Self-service electric scooters are disappearing from Paris, but what will become of them now?

Five years ago, the first self-service scooters landed in Paris. A very practical solution for getting around the city, which allows you to go faster than on foot and to be more flexible than by metro or car. In addition, it is possible to drop off the machines anywhere once they have arrived at their destination, which makes their use even easier. With the health crisis, the use of vehicles has become even more democratized, with many Parisians no longer wanting to take public transport. Except that some abuses have caused accidents, and the Paris city hall then saw red. To the point of considering the disappearance of these scooters.

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The end of an era

A large consultation had been set up by the latter, and the Parisians had been unanimous: these devices must be removed. So act, even if the methodology of this survey remains to be taken with tweezers. From this Friday, September 1, all self-service scooters in Paris are therefore removed from the streets of the capital, to the chagrin of users and the companies that operate them. Lime, Dott et Tier therefore lose their authorization to occupy public space and must move their 15,000 machines. But where will they go to live their second life?

In other countries

On the side of the German company Tier, it is said that a third of the scooters will be relocated to other municipalities in Île-de-France such as Marne-la-Vallée or Saint-Germain-en-Laye while the rest will go back to Germany. The other companies will send their vehicles to major European cities such as London and Copenhagen, while some will also go to Tel Aviv. A new life for these machines considered too dangerous, in particular because of the bad behavior of the users, while several fatal accidents were to be deplored.

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