Bolt and Swobbee accomplice up for sustainable scooter charging

At Bolt, we at all times search for methods to enhance the sustainability of our operations. That’s why we’re excited to announce our partnership with Swobbee for a pilot challenge in Berlin. Swobbee gives battery swapping kiosks that provide an environment friendly, protected, and decentralised resolution for loading and swapping electrical scooter batteries

The Swobbee partnership helps our operations group throughout their battery swapping shifts. As an alternative of going forwards and backwards in a van to our warehouse, we are able to use cargo bikes to begin and finish our Berlin shifts at Swobbee stations, which helps to avoid wasting time and gasoline.

How does battery swapping with Swobbee work?

To make battery swapping operations extra environment friendly and sustainable:

• Battery swapping kiosks are put in close to e-scooter hotspots;
• Cargo bikes carry the batteries for battery swaps.

We take empty batteries to Swobbee’s kiosks in cargo bikes and swap them for absolutely charged ones. At Bolt, we’re dedicated to sustainable operations, which is why we use electrical cargo bikes.

These save a major quantity of emissions in comparison with normal combustion autos. Moreover, the kiosks assist us consider battery efficiency and detect any potential defects and faults serving to us get scooters again on the road as shortly as potential. 

Making micromobility extra environment friendly

This partnership has further advantages on high of decreasing emissions. The intention is to make micromobility operations extra environment friendly and to enhance e-vehicle accessibility. By way of this, we are able to be sure that our streets are cleaner, greener, and higher related.

• Extra sustainable operations: Swobbee’s decentralised charging options scale back the necessity to transport batteries to Bolt e-scooters and e-bikes over giant distances.
• Conveniently positioned charging stations: Shorter distances between battery provide stations and our e-scooters stop longer journeys saving time and prices. This additionally helps maintain the air cleaner, which is best for cities and folks!
• Higher scooter availability: Freshly charged batteries at the moment are stationed close to micromobility hotspots, guaranteeing fewer ‘useless’ scooters and higher availability for riders. This helps us declutter the streets, making them cleaner and safer. 

Constructing cleaner, greener cities

With this initiative, we intention to construct cleaner, extra sustainable cities. With 68% of the world’s inhabitants anticipated to reside in city areas by 2050, cities might want to combine sustainable transportation choices. 

Decentralised charging options assist enhance the provision of freshly charged e-scooters. So with this collaboration, we intention to enhance entry to micromobility, scale back CO2 emissions, and reduce congestion all of which make our cities cleaner and greener.

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