Silicon Canals
TRENDING
  • Mobility
  • AI
  • FinTech
  • Software & SaaS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • COVID-19
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Features
    • Promoted content
    • How-to
    • Knowledge & Insights
    • Guest Contributions
    • Scaling-up in Europe
  • Amsterdampartner
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Jobs
  • About
    • Partner with Silicon Canals
    • Team
    • Contact
  • Home
  • News
    • COVID-19
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Features
    • Promoted content
    • How-to
    • Knowledge & Insights
    • Guest Contributions
    • Scaling-up in Europe
  • Amsterdampartner
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Jobs
  • About
    • Partner with Silicon Canals
    • Team
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
Silicon Canals
No Result
View All Result

These 6 electric scooter startups from France are ready to challenge Bird and Lime

Editorial team by Editorial team
May 21, 2019
in News, Startups, Travel & Mobility
0
These 6 electric scooter startups from France are ready to challenge Bird and Lime
130
SHARES
LinkedInTwitterWhatsAppFacebook

Electric scooters are quite convenient to use, especially for short distance commutes. These vehicles manage to get you from one point to another in a relatively lesser time and leave you free from responsibilities such as owning a vehicle, finding a parking slot and maintaining the same from time to time.

France is a startup hub in Europe and is one of the countries that has attracted entrepreneurs from other countries to introduce their services over there. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that France is home to some exciting tech companies. Given that electric scooter is a booming market sector and leading e-bike startups including Bird and Lime are already trending in cities like Paris and Lyon, we have listed electric scooter startups with their roots in France who are giving tough competition to these global brands.

 - Partner content -
Cost of software - The Software house
The cost of building software
Marek Gajda, CTO of The Software House, shares his insights on building high-quality...Show More
Marek Gajda, CTO of The Software House, shares his insights on building high-quality software. Show Less
Read more

Cityscoot (Paris)

Founders: Bertrand Fleurose
Funding: €55 million

Paris-based Cityscoot is an electric scooter sharing service operating since 2014. It lets users access a network of electric scooters for short distance trips within the city. Users can use its app to pick up and drop off the electric scooters any time during the day. There is a maintenance team, which tracks parked scooters and replaces batteries. Cityscoot charges €0.20 per minute if users buy a pack of minutes, which is around €3 per ride. Each scooter is rented for 4 to 6 riders per day.

RedE (Nancy)

Founders: Etienne Mao, Valentin Dillenschneider

RedE was founded in 2015 by two business school classmates. It designs, manufactures and markets electric scooters for last mile businesses. The company was founded with the intention to become the most efficient and reliable smart e-scooter for the last mile services in the world. This way, it also takes part in the energy transition with the use of electric scooters.

KNOT (Strasbourg)

Founders: Arthur Keller, Mikhaylova Polina
Funding: €60k

Established in 2016, KNOT builds automated a kick scooter rental system. The company cares about vehicle safety and quality. Their scooters are designed and produced to be intensive for urban use. It has both electrical and mechanical scooters with advanced braking systems and big wheels. There are charging and locking stations ideal for urban users. Interestingly, the company also provides advanced insurance plans along with Allianz.

eccity (Grasse)

Founders: Christophe Cornillon
Funding: €100k

eccity is aimed at making cities breathable with the increased use of electric scooters. Founded in 2011, eccity designs and manufactures 100% electric scooters. The company intends to democratise a mode of transportation, which is light, handy, alive, quiet, comfortable and emission-free. The service is backed by a network of authorised service centres. Also, it has a community for customers called The Eccity Club.

Freeway (Nice)

Founders: Raoul Parienti
Funding: €1.7 million

Founded in 2013, Freeway is an ultra-light electric tricycle, which can be folded and unfolded in seconds. It can be dragged like a wheeled suitcase. It has a range of 30 km, which can be doubled with a huge battery and a maximum speed of 25 km/h. This electric vehicle has a lightweight profile of 12 kg. It not only guarantees convenience but also stability and safety.

WeTrott (Versailles)

Founders: Christophe Basset, Gregory Hanquet, Pascal Chauvin

WeTrott established in 2017 has launched a pavement scooter sharing service. It has installed self-service electric charging stations that can house 15 electric scooters. At the time of rental, the station also provides a helmet and insurance against personal injury as well as assuring maximum safety for users. The WeTrott electric scooters have double brakes, lights at the front and rear, shock absorbers at the front and rear and flexible tires. The speed of these vehicles does not exceed 21 km/h.

Interestingly, all the materials used for making the station are reused or recycled systematically at their workshops. Also, broken or damaged electric scooters re-repaired and put up for sale.

Stay tuned to Silicon Canals for more updates in the tech startup world.

Also read,

Meet the three innovative European startups that have been honoured with the Future Hamburg Award

close

Want to stay on top of the latest rounds, coolest tech and hottest startups?

Subscribe to our free, daily news blast and stay up-to-date!

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

 - Partner content -
Nebula CTO Andre Witte
Cloud spend management 😱
Tracking cloud spend can be tricky. Learn from Nebula's CTO Andre Witte how to keep the...Show More
Tracking cloud spend can be tricky. Learn from Nebula's CTO Andre Witte how to keep the costs at bay in 2021. Show Less
Read more
Tags: e-scooterFrench Startups
Share9Tweet33SendShare52

Featured events

07apr10:0012:30FeaturedWorkshop: pr for startupsHow to grow your startup with the help of public relations

Partner content | Work with us

Blue Tulip Awards announce 5 finalists in the Food & Water and Education & Employment theme

Impact media foundation 5 Media offers grants up to €100,000 per year to drive a sustainable future

Here’s how cryptocurrency will take over the world

Blue Tulip Awards is driven by purpose: why innovation and equality go hand in hand

Future of coding: CTOs discuss low-code versus custom code software development for their business

Breaking news from Amsterdam | Partner

Here’s why Just Eat Takeaway is expanding its offices in Amsterdam

Amsterdam-based Veylinx uses Nobel Prize-winning approach to solve the problem of unreliable survey data; raises €1.6M

Amsterdam-based fintech unicorn Mollie enters UK market to helps merchants there grow into Europe post-Brexit

Amsterdam-based HR tech Recruitee takes a “shortcut” to a future unicorn status

  • About Silicon Canals
  • Partner with Silicon Canals
  • Contact us
  • Newsletter
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms & Conditions Silicon Canals

Silicon Canals 2014-2020 | Website: Bright Idiots

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • COVID-19
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Features
    • Promoted content
    • How-to
    • Knowledge & Insights
    • Guest Contributions
    • Scaling-up in Europe
  • Amsterdam
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Jobs
  • About
    • Partner with Silicon Canals
    • Team
    • Contact

Silicon Canals 2014-2020 | Website: Bright Idiots

X

This website uses cookies to ensure the best possible experience. We may share this information with our advertising and analytics partners. By clicking 'Accept', you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies. More info