Voi e-scooter and e-bike riders in Cambridge clock up over 1 million rides in 2023
Voi e-scooter in Cambridge. Credit: Voi
Cambridge, 20 December 2023: Over 1 million rides have been taken on a Voi e-scooter or e-bike in Cambridge in 2023, replacing almost 400,000 car journeys, the micromobility company reports.
The amount of CO2 saved is the equivalent of that produced by 13 car trips around the world.
Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Dr Nik Johnson, said, “This is a fantastic success and Cambridge is breathing better as a result.
“These bikes and scooters offer us independent ways to get around town, ways that connect to public transport and suit us for work and leisure, and which offer the massive bonus of letting us leave the car at home if we don’t need to drive.”
Jack Samler, Voi regional general manager UK, Ireland and France, said, “It’s been rewarding to work with our UK trial partners in providing safe, sustainable travel options to help create cleaner, healthier towns and cities.
“Our convenient and affordable e-scooters and e-bikes are helping to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in towns and cities by replacing short car trips and are helping people to be more active day to day.”
Together Voi riders across the UK clocked up 15 million miles in 2023.
In a recent user survey, 27% of UK users said they no longer use cars and 42% said they use cars less, in favour of e-scooters, showing good progress towards more sustainable urban transport.
This year Voi started operations in London and Cheltenham and Gloucester. It also operates in 10 other towns and cities in the UK, including Cambridge, Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Northampton and Kettering and Liverpool.
For further information, please contact:
Juliette Maxam, Senior PR manager, Voi UK, Ireland and France
juliette.maxam@voiapp.io
About Voi
Founded in 2018, Voi is a Swedish micromobility company offering e-scooter and e-bike sharing in partnership with towns, cities and local communities. We believe e-scooters can play a central role in changing how people move in our towns and cities in the future. We want to ensure that the micromobility transformation happens the right way - through real innovative technology, open and transparent dialogue with towns, cities and governments and by adapting our products to local needs. Voi’s holistic Environmental Action Plan tackles emissions and promotes renewable energy use and circularity along its supply chain.
Voi operates in over 100 towns and cities across 12 countries. It is headquartered in Stockholm and employs 1,000 people. To date, Voi boasts more than seven million riders and has served more than 150+ million rides.
