Superpedestrian, a company born out of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has expanded its shared e-scooter service in Europe, having launched in nine new locations in just three months. It is on track to serve residents in more than 30 European cities by the end of 2021.
The company’s LINK e-scooter is the result of eight years of AI development and two years of chassis and powertrain design and validation. The result is a smart and safe e-scooter, featuring the Vehicle Intelligent Safety system (VIS). Onboard software, combined with five processors and 73 sensors, allows VIS to detect and respond to hazards in milliseconds.
After making its European debut in Rome in September 2020, Superpedestrian introduced shared fleets of its LINK scooter to Madrid and Alcalá de Henares by the end of that year. Now, on the back of a series of additional city partnerships, the company is expanding its reach even further, with new cities added in Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
Superpedestrian Vice President EMEA, Haya Douidri, says: “This achievement is confirmation that Superpedestrian’s shared e-scooters are now really taking off in Europe. Adding nine locations in just a few weeks, with a further seven to come by the end of June, and serving 24 European cities less than one year after entering the market, are tremendous achievements. It’s proof that our market-leading safe and smart e-scooters, with their robust design and advanced self-diagnostic and self-protection technologies, are ideally suited to Europe’s cities, riders and pedestrians.”
As it expands its European operations, Superpedestrian is establishing a team of operations managers, most of them local hires, and a network of local businesses for fleet management support. The experienced team includes Mario Martin, Regional Operations Manager for Spain, who until recently was CEO at micromobility firm UFO.
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