TIER Mobility adds 200 scooters with swappable batteries to fleet in Paris

TIER Mobility, the leading European provider of micro-mobility solutions, announced that they have started the process of replacing its Parisian fleet with new e-scooters equipped with swappable batteries.

This makes TIER Mobility the first scooter sharing provider worldwide to roll out an operation model based on swappable batteries.

To start, TIER has deployed 200 scooters with swappable batteries in the city of Paris. Following the Paris launch, the entire TIER fleet will progressively change to this new model.

The integration of scooters with swappable batteries will make the need to transport scooters to warehouses every day back and forth for charging obsolete. A new fleet of e-cargo and e-vans will enable local operations to quickly recover and replace empty batteries without relying on traditional, gas-powered vehicles. Local operations teams will also be responsible for safety checks and the repositioning of scooters in-line with local regulation.

The company has selected the French capital as a starting point for this paradigm shift, as the city has become the crystallisation point for the entire European e-scooter industry - with a huge demand for micro-mobility services, but also with great challenges for sustainable operations in scooter logistics.

Lawrence Leuschner, CEO and Co-Founder of TIER Mobility: “Swappable batteries are a real ecological game-changer for the entire e-scooter industry. As the leading European player we are proud to be the first ones to operate with this model. This is a huge step forward in our mission to change mobility for good and becoming fully carbon neutral as a company in the next 12 months.”

Alexandre Souter, General Manager France at TIER Mobility, said: “The brilliant thing about this new operation model is that we still keep our level of maintenance and service very high while it goes along with a system of relocating improperly parked scooters. I'd also like to emphasize that we won't work with gig economy freelancers, but employ our people based on fair working conditions.”