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Spin has announced an exclusive international alliance with software company Tortoise to bring Spin S-200 remotely-operated e-scooters to cities in North America and Europe in 2021. The company’s new Spin Valet platform makes it possible to remotely operate Spin’s fleet and automatically repark scooters out of the pathway of pedestrians …

Tier has partnered with micromobility safety app Busby to create a rapid response system for riders involved in incidents on the road. The feature is the latest in a series of initiatives introduced by Tier to improve safety standards and protection for riders and other road users. Liverpool-based start-up Busby …

Bern’s e-bike certified Hudson MIPS helmet is now available. Designed for commuters, it is the brand’s ‘safest yet’, rated for use up to 27 mph. This new standard ‘raises the bar for protection’, said the brand, requiring 10% more impact tested coverage for the most sensitive parts of the brain, …

Sutton and Kingston Councils will be working with UK-based transport AI company Vivacity Labs to help improve active travel insight and the safety of high footfall areas. The councils, as part of the InnOvaTe project, will utilise Vivacity’s AI and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to provide data on different …

Voi has launched e-bike rental schemes in three of its UK e-scooter trial areas, Cambridge, Kettering and Peterborough. The operator said it plans to introduce e-bikes to other cities and markets as demand grows. Under UK regulation, Voi e-bikes cut power assistance when their speed reaches 15.5 mph, or when …

British micromobility operator Beryl is rolling out e-scooters across Bournemouth and Poole. The trial, part of a 12-month Department for Transport pilot in partnership with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, has been fast-tracked as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic to allow residents another form of socially distanced travel …

The IAA is coming to Munich in September 2021 and, for the first time, will focus on bicycles. Tobias Gröber, executive director, business unit consumer goods at Messe München, and Jürgen Mindel, managing director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), discuss the plans, goals and ideas that …

People across the West of England region will soon be able to rent an e-scooter and take it home after the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and Voi Technology announced the launch of their long-term rental scheme. Voi’s long-term e-scooter rentals can be used by residents across the whole …