100 Tier e-bikes can be accessible from the Free Now app throughout websites in Dublin, with plans to elevate this to 400 within the coming months.
Free Now has introduced that e-bikes can be accessible to guide via its taxi app later this week, thanks to a partnership with micromobility firm Tier.
The preliminary rollout will embody 100 battery power-assisted Tier e-bikes in Blanchardstown, Swords, Malahide, Baldoyle, Portmarnock and Howth. Free Now mentioned additional roll-outs are deliberate throughout Fingal over the approaching months, to convey the whole variety of accessible e-bikes to 400.
Free Now mentioned this mirrors what the app provides in different markets throughout Europe, the place passengers can guide e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and automotive sharing choices alongside taxi choices.
The e-bike partnership with Tier follows a profitable e-scooter trial throughout 5 Dublin City University campuses final yr. This allowed passengers to guide Tier e-scooters by way of the Free Now app. Tier additionally performed a DCU e-bike path earlier this yr.
“The integration of electric, micro-mobility on the Free Now app will enable our passengers to consider more sustainable transport choices in addition to our eco booking taxi option,” mentioned Free Now common supervisor Niall Carson.
“After the success of our e-scooter trial last year and now this e-bike launch, we are excited about what the future holds for Free Now in the multi-mobility space in Ireland,” Carson mentioned.
There has been a rising development of micromobility corporations rolling out e-bike companies throughout Ireland this yr.
In May, European mobility firm Bolt shared plans to convey 100 e-bikes to Sligo city in a pilot scheme, as a part of a wider push for the corporate to deploy 16,000 e-bikes throughout Europe.
Irish micromobility start-up Zipp Mobility mentioned final month that it plans to develop its e-bike and e-scooter companies in Ireland and past, following a €6.1m funding spherical.
While e-bikes are starting to surge in Ireland, there is a delay for the launch of e-scooters. A coverage plan revealed earlier this yr signifies that e-scooter operators will have to wait till 2023 to get the inexperienced mild to launch in Ireland.
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