There free-floating charter (self-service) with electric scootersor, more broadly, cars or bicycles, is growing: in France, many services of this type have appeared in the largest cities of France, such as Paris, for example.

AT pleasantlyon the Cote d’Azur, since 2018 the municipality has created a service rental of electric scooters, with 500 cars provided by Cityscoot. Today, after 5 years of service, the city of Nice organized a competition between different market players to renew this fleet.

Yego: competitive prices

So it is a Spanish company Yego Urban Mobility which was chosen: originally from Barcelona, ​​it already offers its services in many European cities, such as Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Seville and Malaga in Spain, as well as Paris, Bordeaux and Toulouse in France

The Cityscoot service will cease operations in Nice at the end of March. It should gradually be replaced by Yego, which plans to put it into operation for this purpose summer 2023with the total amount 700 electric scooters available in self-service on the streets of the Riviera capital.

Ego strives to actively contribute to the ecological transition by offering electric, clean and sustainable urban transport services. Even if they are not yet announced for the city of Nice, the prices of the services promise to be attractive, for example the price of 0.29 euros per minute in Bordeaux or Toulouse or even 0.36 euros per minute in Paris. Prepaid packages also reduce the bill, up to 50% of free additional minutes. The price includes insurance, pricing and use of the service, which is available 24 hours a day.

Yego: range up to 100 km

An example is the electric scooters that Yego will deploy in Nice Pink Style 50cc of the French company Pink Mobility, located in Yvelines, near Paris.

With a neo-retro look reminiscent of the Vespa of yesteryear, it is powered by a 3,000W electric motor (4,200W peak) and a 2.1kWh battery. The model offers radius of action up to 100 kmand can reach a maximum speed of 45 km/h (L1E approval).

In practice, users can book their scooter through the Yego app and every booking will benefit from this the first 15 minutes are free. The app allows you to unlock and start the scooter, as well as open the top, which contains two helmets. Yego teams take care of vehicle recharging: all you have to do is park before the rental ends.