Euronews: Parisians will from Friday be able to hire electric scooters to zip around the congested streets of the French capital. The dockless service, provided by the American company Lime, will allow users to pick up and leave the e-scooters anywhere they want.
Several hundred units will be made available in just two of the capital’s 20 districts on Friday but the “fleet will quickly be expanded to match demand,” Lime France general director Arthur-Louis Jacquier said.
The electric scooters will run for 50 km on a single charge and their speed will be capped at 24 km/h. Users will be able to locate the nearest available unit on an app and unlock it by scanning a QR code.
Prices start at €1 per trip or €0.15 per minute, with the average use estimated to cost between €2 and €3.
