TOP STORIES 🔥

🚙 Here wigo

The company formerly operating as Share Now Hungary (a franchise of the Share Now that was acquired by free2move) has now started their own service, wigo. The company has launched its own brand and app to better serve their 100,000 customers in the Budapest region, with the same operational team.

wigo is focused on being the best free-floating car-sharing operator in the Hungarian capital, and expects demand to grow over the coming years due to the expense of car ownership, the younger generations' waining dependency on cars, and the emphasis on sustainability increases.

LAUNCHES AND EXPANSIONS 🚀

E-VAI | Cars
Launch in Varese (IT)

Frelo | Bikes
Launch in Teningen (DE)

mobileeee | Cars
Launch in Kelkheim (DE)

Modalis | Bikes (30)
Expansion in Royan (FR)

MVG Munich | Bikes (28) & stations (5)
Potential expansion to Lenggries (DE)

nextbike | Bikes (30) & cargo bikes (6)
Launch in Halle (DE)

Pedelec | Bikes (300)
Launch in Nord-Allianz (DE)

TIER | Bikes (120) & Scooters (200)
Launch in Braintree (GB)
Expansion in Milton Keynes (GB)

Velec | Bike stations (8)
Launch in Crozon (FR)

Vivélo | Bikes (60)
Launch in Vichy (FR)

EXITS 👋

Amat | Cars
Exit from Sicily (IT)

Kinto | Cars
Exit from Solingen (DE)

Lime | Scooters
Exit from Jülich (DE)

Catch us at Tomorrow Mobility (Booth E18)

Next week, we’ll be attending Tomorrow.Mobility in Barcelona! Find us at Stand E18 in the startup area & catch Sébastien Marteau’s (our CCO) speaking slot at 13:45 on Tuesday 9th.

TENDER WATCH 👀

This new section will show precise information about new, ongoing and upcoming tenders. Opportunities that we have our eyes on in 2024 will be revealed slowly over the course of the next few weeks.  

🔴 Closed

🟢 Open

🟠 Upcoming & rumoured

Córdoba (ES) | €600,000 to finance a new bike scheme in 2024 (3 year contract).  

Grand Est (FR) | €1.8m to be made available for bike sharing at 50 train stations in the region.

Datteln (DE) | Early bike and car sharing discussions. 

Ljubljana (SI) | Plans for a bike-sharing scheme covering all 25 municipalities.

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CITY UPDATES 🌐

Berlin (DE) | Scooters to play sounds to warn the visually impaired.

Bahlingen (DE) | Council sees no potential for Frelo bike share.

Bristol (UK) | TIER criticised for not providing enough scooters.

Brussels (BE) | Villo bikes to remain in the city until 2026.

Graefekiez (DE) | Jelbi opens up 17 new mobility hubs.

Ireland (IE) | Scooter regulations expected in next few weeks.

Lugo (ES) | Bike-sharing offered for free to incentivise rides.

Malta (MT) | National Green Party condemns the scooter ban.

Manchester (UK) | Beryl creates a recovery plan for bike scheme following incidents of vandalism.

Prémesques (FR) | TIER and Lime to launch scooter and bike fleets by the end of the year.

Tulln (AT) | Plans for more nextbike stations to accommodate the demand.

Watermael-Boitsfort (DE) | Mandatory parking zones to be introduced for micromobility.

INDUSTRY NEWS 🗞️

Apple Maps now shows the number of shared bikes available at each station in some French cities.

Coastr claims that vehicle sharing is more important than EV adoption in climate battle.

Donkey Republic announced profitable growth in Q3 of 43%.

Drivalia Lease Ireland reveals plans to grow fleet 40% by 2026.

Lime release annual carbon impact report.

Swobbee and TotalEnergies partner to expand charging infrastructure for bikes, mopeds and LEVs.

Voi valuation drops by 5.6% within the last 3 months.