Electric buggies launched on streets of west London in 'world-first' trial
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A fleet of electric buggies has launched on the streets of west London, with the company behind them hoping to expand across the capital. There are currently ten Yo-Go buggies which are being operated as part of a “world-first” trial in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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The buggies are the latest addition to London’s growing market of dockless, rental e-vehicles - which until now had been limited to e-bikes and e-scooters. But the new vehicles were not designed to directly compete with those bikes and scooters. “What we’re hoping is that they’ll be more of a replacement for cars,” said Yo-Go’s CEO, Dr Sam Bailey.
“Car usage in London is quite weird. Most of the journeys are under three miles, people popping out and about… There’ll be a reason they don’t want to cycle - it will be because they don’t want to get wet, or they think it’s dangerous. “What we want to do is create something that feels more familiar, feels like driving something - where you’ve got a seat-belt, you’ve got a roll cage, you’ve got a roof, somewhere you can put some luggage - so that it’s sort of an easier swap, if you’re a car user, to move to something like this.”.
The vehicles cost 20p a minute to drive or only 10p a minute if the driver takes out a £10 monthly subscription. For insurance-related reasons, drivers must be between the ages of 25 and 70, and have held a UK or EU driving licence for over two years.
