Electric scooter companies agree to Copenhagen’s requirements
The electric scooter rental companies agreed to the authorities’ ban on parking electric scooters on municipal land in Copenhagen. The ban was passed last year…
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Oslo has received multiple complaints about the new electric scooter rules
The maximum number of 8,000 bicycles is generating dissatisfaction among Oslo residents. The local authorities have received multiple complaints about the new electric scooter rules,…
Electric scooter injuries in Oslo halved after the new rules were introduced
In September, the emergency services in Oslo registered 143 injuries in connection with electric scooters in September – a decrease of more than 50% compared…
Norway’s Public Roads Administration wants to stop the sale of illegal electric scooters
At the moment, online stores can sell electric scooters that are illegal in Norway as long as they state that they are illegal. The Norwegian…
Bergen now has the highest number of electric scooters per 10,000 inhabitants in Europe
Since the new regulations for electric scooters were introduced in Oslo earlier this month, Bergen has become the city with the highest number of electric…
Fewer injuries have been reported after the introduction of new electric scooter rules in Oslo
The number of injuries at the Oslo emergency department has decreased after the new rules on electric scooters – including cuts in the number of…
Electric scooter companies lose court case against Oslo Municipality – must cut the number of electric scooters
The electric scooter companies Tier, Voi, and Ryde lost the lawsuit against Oslo Municipality on Friday. Thus, they will be forced to reduce the number…
The number of electric scooter injuries in Oslo has decreased – doctors believe the new measures helped
In August, 301 people were treated at the Oslo emergency room for injuries connected to electric scooters. That is around 100 fewer cases than in…
Government plans to introduce blood alcohol limit and helmet requirement for some electric scooter drivers
A blood alcohol limit, a helmet requirement for children under the age of 15, and a ban on riding on sidewalks are among the restrictions…
Elderly woman hit by electric scooter in Oslo
An elderly woman was hit by an electric scooter at Majorstuen in Oslo late Friday afternoon. Police are searching for two people who drove the…
Elderly woman hit by electric scooter in Kongsberg
A woman in her 70s was transported to the hospital on Friday morning after being hit by an electric scooter in the center of Kongsberg….
Electric scooter companies Tier, Voi, and Ryde are suing Oslo Municipality
The electric scooter companies Tier, Voi, and Ryde are suing Oslo Municipality for setting the maximum limit of e-scooters in the city at 8,000. “This…
E-scooter driver seriously injured in collision with light rail tram in Bergen
A male e-scooter driver is injured after he collided with a light rail tram at Møllendalseveien in Bergen. His injuries are described as serious. The…
Police in Oslo issued 31 fines to drivers of electric scooters in a single hour on Wednesday
The police have caught multiple drivers of electric scooters breaking traffic rules. In just over an hour on Wednesday, 31 people were fined in Oslo….
E-scooter company Tier: Oslo’s new electric scooter rules could be illegal
The micro-mobility company Tier believes that Oslo Municipality’s desire to monitor the location of all electric scooters at all times may be illegal. Oslo City…
E-scooters in Norway: Motorized menace or an economic and eco-friendly micro-mobility solution?
To ban, or not to ban – that is the question that politicians nationwide have been asking in the past few months as pavements and…
Oslo to prohibit the rental of electric scooters between 11 PM and 5 AM from August
The City Council of Oslo is stopping the use of electric scooters between 11 PM and 5 AM from August, NTB is informed. The local…
Ryde stops electric scooter rentals at night in four of Norway’s largest cities
Ryde is temporarily stopping electric scooters rentals at night on weekends in the four largest cities in Norway. The company encourages other industry players to…
Norwegian minister: I expect electric scooter distributors to stop rentals at night if asked to do so
Minister of Transport and Communications Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) stated that he expects the electric scooter industry to stop rentals at night in areas where…
New survey: Seven out of ten people in Oslo want to ban electric scooters on sidewalks
A total of 68% of those surveyed in a new survey want to ban driving electric scooters on the sidewalks in Oslo. In Norway as…
