AN Irish eScooter and eBike firm which has already launched in Britain and mainland Europe, is planning to broaden its operations even additional this yr.
Zipp Mobility, a Dublin start-up based by Charlie Gleeson in 2019, is headquartered at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin (UCD).
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This month it introduced a partnership with the multi-mobility app FREE NOW – which can enable passengers to e book its eScooters and eBikes by way of the app from later this yr.
The announcement comes off the again of Ireland’s just lately introduced Road Traffic & Roads Bill 2021 – which can legalise eScooter use in public locations across the nation.
Recent analysis performed by FREE NOW reveals that 40 per cent of its passengers plan to make use of eScooters like Zipp’s for on a regular basis transport when they’re made extensively out there in Irish cities this yr.
An extra three quarters of these surveyed suppose Ireland wants extra sustainable, electrical transport choices in keeping with different European nations.
Zipp has already launched within the UK and mainland Europe and plans to launch each eBikes and eScooters across Ireland in 2022 – together with starting operations in Portugal and Spain.
Regarding their partnership with FREE NOW, Zipp Mobility founder, Mr Gleeson stated: “We are thrilled to affix the group of operators which can be in a position to provide their micro-mobility providers on the FREE NOW platform.
“At Zipp we perceive that micro-mobility is just not a ‘silver bullet’ resolution to decarbonising transport so we should collaborate with platforms like FREE NOW to offer our clients a full spectrum of sustainable transport choices.
“This is the one method we are able to meaningfully scale back our reliance on the personal automobile and get to net-zero emissions in transport.”
He added, “This yr we hope to launch our eScooters and eBikes in cities across Ireland together with Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, and this partnership will probably be an incredible asset to our customers.
“Zipp was founded with Ireland in mind and we are so excited to bring our ethos of “mobility done right” to Irish cities throughout 2022.”
Commenting on the partnership with Zipp, Niall Carson, Country Manager of FREE NOW Ireland, stated: “We are delighted to accomplice with Irish micro-mobility operator Zipp and share widespread ambitions to alter, and in the end enhance, the way in which individuals across Ireland method every day transport.
“It’s a really exciting time for the industry now that legislation on e-scooters is in motion, and we look forward to having eScooters available on our app in 2022.”
He added: “We perceive that our clients need to make extra sustainable selections and having the choice to e book an eScooter or EV taxi facilitates this.
“Using FREE NOW permits you to select one of the best technique of transport for you and your particular journey on any given day.
“Some longer trips make more sense in a taxi and for others using an eScooter or eBike will be quicker! It’s all about convenience and giving our customers the choice.”