Gogoro, Bosch Join to Bring Electric Scooter Sharing to Berlin
- Taiwan startup is working with Bosch subsidiary Coup in Berlin
- You can find, book and pay for scooters through a phone app
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Gogoro Inc., an electric scooter-maker backed by Panasonic Corp., is joining with Robert Bosch GmbH to bring a vehicle-sharing program to Europe as the company seeks to expand beyond its home market of Taiwan.
Starting Wednesday, Berliners will be able to use a smartphone app to locate, book and pay for a battery-powered moped to zip through the city. The program is similar to public bicycle-renting programs such as City Bike in New York, but users can drop the scooter off directly at their destination without parking it at a central docking station. The startup is working with Coup, a subsidiary of German industrial technology firm Bosch, and Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures to build the scooter-sharing software.