Voi e-scooter riders in Oxford clock up over 700,000 rides in 2023
Voi e-scooter in Oxford. Credit: Voi
Over 740,000 rides have been taken on a Voi e-scooter in Oxford in 2023, replacing over 173,000 car journeys, the micromobility company reports.
The amount of CO2 saved is the equivalent of that produced by 5 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 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.”
Cllr Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Transport Management said
“The popularity and benefits of the e-scooters speak for themselves in Oxford, as people use them to meet socially, travel to work, and join-up transport gaps in longer commutes Voi’s user survey results show a really positive uptake of more sustainable travel options as more people are using the public e-scooters as a flexible alternative to the private car for short, simple trips within the city, or to connect with public transport links to go to other places.”
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, 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.
