The ESB has launched a brand new Dublin e-bike pilot venture, with 112 bikes put in at 14 charging stations throughout the capital.
he pilot programme, ESB eBikes, will run for a ten-month interval from at present, with charging stations put in in a few of Dublin’s busiest commuter areas throughout South County Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Finglas and Fingal.
The pilot has been rolled-out at the side of two of Ireland’s main micro-mobility suppliers, Bleeper and Moby, analysis associate Trinity College Dublin, innovation associate Dogpatch Labs and co-funding associate Interreg North-West Europe.
Bleeper and Moby will keep and function the eBikes with the charging infrastructure supplied by ESB.
Bleeper’s ESB eBikes scheme is obtainable from at present and is accessible through the Bleeper app, whereas the Moby scheme might be operational over the approaching weeks and will be accessible through the ESB eBikes app.
The every day price of hiring an e-bike has been subsidised by ESB and begins from €5 per day along with a €30 month-to-month subscription.
Marguerite Sayers, Executive Director, Strategy, Innovation and Transformation at ESB, stated: “Numerous years in the past, ESB established the X-Potential Incubator programme to develop revolutionary, sustainable and commercially viable enterprise concepts. We are very proud at present to unveil one such thought – our eBike pilot – which is a brand new idea in Ireland and was conceived and developed by X-Potential.
“Investing in low-carbon, sustainable mobility infrastructure for Ireland is a mirrored image of our dedication to main the transition to a internet zero power future. With this venture, we’re delighted to be a part of the broader Interreg North-West Europe eHUBS programme and that Dublin will now be a part of different member cities, reminiscent of Amsterdam and Manchester.”
The eHUBS programme supplies funding for on-street e-bikes, e-cargo bikes, e-scooters and e-cars with the goal of creating a blueprint for replication in different cities and areas to scale back air air pollution, congestion and CO2 emissions whereas creating a market for industrial shared e-mobility suppliers aligned with native coverage.
The 14 charging stations might be situated on the following areas:
- Harbour Road, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
- Three Rock Road, Sandyford, Dublin, D18
- Harbour Road, Howth, Dublin, D13
- Main Street, Swords, County Dublin
- Mellowes Road, Finglas West, Dublin 11
- Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, Northwood Park, Santry, Dublin 9
- Crowne Plaza Dublin – Blanchardstown Town Centre, Dublin 15
- Maldron Hotel, Naas Road, Newlands Cross, Dublin, D22
- Malahide Road, Malahide, Dublin
- Old Bawn Road, Tallaght, Dublin, D24
- Saint Loman’s Road, Yellow Walls, County Dublin
- St. Peter’s Road, Walkinstown, Dublin, D12
- Park West Business Campus, Cherry Orchard, Dublin, D12
- Firhouse Road, Tallaght, County Dublin, D24