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Superpedestrian To Launch Scooter Fleet With Vehicle Intelligence For Optimal Safety, Reliability And Cost Efficiency At ScaleCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Superpedestrian, the micro-mobility company that transformed the electric bike with its award-winning Copenhagen Wheel, announced today it has produced an industrial-grade e-scooter equipped with its proprietary Vehicle Intelligence technology. Combining rigorous vehicle design with self-sustaining capabilities and minimal battery charging needs, the new scooters are safer, sturdier, and cost a fraction to maintain. Superpedestrian's solution addresses the most pressing problems faced today by operators, which experience significant barriers to scale due to low reliability and high operational costs of fleets. "Shared scooters must be super-robust, require minimal charging, and be smart enough to sustain themselves on city streets for prolonged periods of time, all while costing a few hundreds of dollars to produce," said Assaf Biderman, Founder and CEO of Superpedestrian. "These challenges cannot be addressed using technologies from automotive or consumer electronics industries, and that's why major sharing operators worldwide are partnering with us for solutions." Superpedestrian's new scooters offer:
More about Superpedestrian's intelligent scooters at: https://fleet.superpedestrian.com. Reporters can interview Biderman and give the scooter a test drive. Contact Caroline Beckmann at [email protected] and 202-440-1783 for more. About Superpedestrian Superpedestrian (https://www.superpedestrian.com/) is a transportation robotics company located in Cambridge, Mass. Founded out of MIT and beginning operations in 2013, Superpedestrian develops core technologies for micro-mobility. The company invested 3.5 years in research and development to produce its Vehicle Intelligence technology, which it introduced into the market in 2017 with its award-winning Copenhagen Wheel. Having set a new standard in electric bike drive systems, the company now brings its Vehicle Intelligence technology to shared fleets of electric bikes and scooters. Media Contact Caroline Beckmann | Trident DMG | [email protected] | (202) 440-1783 View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/superpedestrian-to-launch-scooter-fleet-with-vehicle-intelligence-for-optimal-safety-reliability-and-cost-efficiency-at-scale-300759514.html SOURCE Superpedestrian |