Singapore Startup Planning E-scooter Rental Scheme

With personal mobility devices (PMDs) becoming more popular, a start-up company here is looking to launch a pilot programme offering short-term rentals of e-scooters. Called Telepod, the scheme functions like a bicycle-sharing system, where users can rent e-scooters from docking stations. The company has developed a prototype docking station that secures a folded-up e-scooter, which can be retrieved by scanning a QR code on the station with a mobile app. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3PgMoLt718&w=775&h=439\] Telepod, founded by five friends who met while studying at Nanyang Technological University, is one of 21 finalists in a Land Transport Authority (LTA) engineering competition for groups to come up with innovative transport solutions. Telepod is looking to launch a pilot system of between 20 and 40 e-scooters by the end of this year at the Social Innovation Park in Punggol, an incubator for social enterprises, said its CEO Gan Jin Ni, 26. Read more: Start-up planning e-scooter rental scheme, Transport News & Top Stories - The Straits Times