Zoomcar, a startup which provides self-driving car rental service, has announced the launch of PEDL — a tech-enabled bicycle sharing service.
The company says that this is a first of its kind service, which includes real-time GPS tracking, solar battery charging and built-in alarms. With this launch, it will provide individuals with a convenient, affordable, and environmentally friendly cycle sharing service for short trips around the city, and local use cases such as grocery shopping, errand running, and last mile commuting.
It can be used for short trips around the city, and local use cases such as grocery shopping, errand running, and last mile commuting. PEDL offers cycles at multiple pickup points across various neighbourhoods in a city. The service is designed to complement Zoomcar’s existing business.
Commenting about this, CEO and co-founder Zoomcar, Greg Moran, said,
In recent times, we’ve observed a huge market gap for trips shorter than five kilometres and we firmly believe that the cycle 2.0 is best positioned to serve these use cases. PEDL strongly compliments our core car-sharing service as we continue to make a meaningful contribution to air quality improvement across Indian cities. At present, we’re speaking to various governmental bodies to craft policies and design urban infrastructure that will help ensure the responsible propagation of dock less cycle sharing across the country.
The company says that PEDL cycles come with unique features including custom designed aluminium alloy frames and drum brakes, anti-slip chains, airless solid tyres and height adjustable seats. ‘These cycles are designed to support 24 + months of intensive use while ensuring industry low maintenance costs and extremely high levels of customer satisfaction,’ the release further stated.
It further claims that the cycles are designed to support 24+ months of intensive use while ensuring industry low maintenance costs and extremely high levels of customer satisfaction.
The process of using the service is simple. You go to a PEDL location, pay via Paytm, and drop the cycle off when done at any of the PEDL locations. Zoomcar is expecting to cross 10,000 cycles on road in 2017, with larger expansion plans to follow in 2018.