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Bolt has been announced as one of the three companies, alongside Tier and Voi, awarded a licence to operate e-bikes and scooters in Oslo until March 2025. As a result, Bolt will offer a fleet of more than 2,500 micromobility vehicles in the capital city of Norway from April 1, …

Bolt, one of the largest scooter operators in Europe, has been announced as one of three companies awarded the licence to operate scooters, e-bikes and cargo bikes in Milan until 2026. As a result, more than 2,000 Bolt scooters will continue to be available in Milan, and 2,000 e-bikes and …

Malta has announced that it will ban the use of rental e-scooters from March 2024 in what local media is calling a surprise move. The decision makes Malta the first European country to completely ban rental e-scooters. It has been taken to remove the shared mobility platforms because of the …

Bolt has appointed an independent Micromobility Safety Committee to get expert analysis and recommendations on Bolt’s scooter and e-bike safety solutions. The Committee, which consists of six mobility experts, met for the first time in September at Bolt’s headquarters in Tallinn and welcomed Bolt’s plans to launch distance-based pricing in …

Micromobility operator Bolt has announced a new ‘reckless rider score,’ believed to be an industry first. Estonian shared transport company Bolt is aiming to tackle unsafe riding habits on its e-scooters, to help improve the perception of safety in micromobility.  The reckless rider scoring systems collects inputs, including tandem riding …

Ride-hailing and micromobility operator Bolt has quadrupled in size since the start of the pandemic.  The Estonian company, founded in August 2013, now operates in 45 countries and more than 500 cities around the world – an increase of more than 200% since before the pandemic.  Bolt is also advertising …

Micromobility provider Bolt has launched its 2022 safety report. The company registered over five times more rides in 2021 in comparison to 2020, while decreasing its injury ratio by 26%. The increase in rides is a result of launching scooter operations in new markets as well as promoting micromobility as …

Bolt has announced the latest expansion of its micromobility services, with 16,000 new e-bikes set to be deployed over the next six months across more than 30 European cities. The company, which has already launched e-bikes in Madrid, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Oslo and Krakow in 2022, announced this latest round …

Micromobility provider Bolt has launched its fifth generation of e-scooter, the Bolt 5.  The latest machine has been designed with new safety features, as well as curved handlebars and a wider foot-space for better grip and handling. A larger front wheel and hydraulic suspension are also new additions to Bolt …

Shared mobility operator Bolt shifts 60% of users from cars to e-scooters for shorter trips, according to new data from a pilot programme. In 2021, Estonia-based firm Bolt ran a scheme designed to switch travellers from ride-hailing to scooters during shorter trips. Randomly selected groups of Bolt customers from 10 …