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 several hundred millions of dollars 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.