Trials of public e-scooter rental schemes have been extended again until 2028, leaving e-scooter firms and users in the UK “in limbo” for an extraordinary eight years of indecision.
Since the authorised schemes started in 2020, several UK operations have folded, including those in London of the now-merged Tier and Dott, while about 1m illegal e-scooters are estimated to have taken to the streets.
