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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Noah Vickers

E-scooter hire firm Voi threatens to pull out of 'too heavily regulated' London

Rental e-scooter firm Voi has warned it may be forced to withdraw from London’s streets as it has become “financially unsustainable” to operate in the capital.

In a letter requesting an urgent meeting with mayor Sadiq Khan, the company says e-scooters are too “heavily regulated” in London, and “cannot compete with largely unregulated rental e-bikes” provided by its competitors.

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