Californian bike-sharing company Lime is launching a dock-free electric scooter service in Paris as part of a Europe-wide expansion. The company runs bike and scooter schemes in US cities and campuses and already operates in Berlin, Frankfurt and Zurich. Lime France director Jacquier said the firm aimed to launch in 26 European cities by the end of the year. The company was founded a year ago and has already raised $350m for development. It started as a bike-sharing scheme but found a parallel scooter scheme had 10 times more demand. Users unlock the vehicles with a phone app.
Californian bike-sharing company Lime is launching a dock-free electric scooter service in Paris as part of a Europe-wide expansion. The company runs bike and scooter schemes in US cities and campuses and already operates in Berlin, Frankfurt and Zurich. Lime France director Arthur-Louis Jacquier said the firm aimed to launch in 26 European cities by the end of the year. The company was founded a year ago and has already raised $350m for development. It started as a bike-sharing scheme but found a parallel scooter scheme had 10 times more demand. Users unlock the vehicles with a phone app.