Voi e-scooter riders in north Northamptonshire clock up almost half a million rides in 2023

Voi e-scooter. Credit: Voi

Nearly half a million rides have been taken on a Voi e-scooter in north Northamptonshire in 2023, replacing over 200,000 car journeys, the micromobility company reports.

Voi operates e-scooters in Corby, Kettering, Burton Latimer, Higham Ferrers, Rushden and Wellingborough.

The amount of CO2 saved by riders in these towns is the equivalent of that produced by 6 car trips around the world.

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 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.”

Cllr Matt Binley, North Northamptonshire Council’s Executive Member for Highways, Travel and Assets, said: “This scheme continues to go from strength to strength and these figures clearly show this. It is great to see the positive impact the scheme is having in North Northants. The fact that over 200,000 car journeys have been replaced this year alone will in the long term make such a difference to the environment, alongside the other sustainable travel solutions available in North Northants.

“As well as the environmental benefits, the e-scooter have been shown to benefit resident’s day-to-day lives with increased mobility and making workplaces more accessible.

“We continue to listen to residents and are working continuously with Voi to improve the service for both users of the scheme and all residents of North Northants.”

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 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.