The City of Melbourne spokesperson said that Jump will introduce 400 e-bikes across the city of Melbourne in early March. He also confirmed that the bikes will come with an electric motor and helmet. 

This news illustrates that the Australian government which has denied many permits over safety concerns now accepts the proven fact that cities need sustainable transportation to cope up with climate change issues. 

Many industry experts including the business experts of Coruscate Solutions who have worked with more than 10 micro-mobility startups believe that the launch of the Jump e-bike app in one of the most livable cities of the world will heat up the global e-bike app development market. They are also anticipating that e-bikes will soon take over e-scooters. Why? Let’s find out. 

This learning will help you to draft the business plan to jump into the micro-mobility market by developing an e-bike app like Jump. We will also discuss business challenges, user app & admin panel modules and cost to develop an e-bike app like Jump.      

E-scooter vs e-bike … the battle defining future of your micro-mobility business  

If you have ever ridden e-bike and e-scooter, you must have the idea of the different riding experience and quality these two types of micro-mobility vehicles are offering. An e-bike is undoubtedly more reliable and fun to ride than an e-scooter. But what are those main aspects of e-bikes and e-scooters which actually influence your business?   

• Safety 

E-scooter is notorious for its safety issues. Tiny wheels and a bit higher center of gravity make it very difficult to handle. And most importantly, many users ride the e-scooters for the first time, directly on the busy street! Such users riding an e-scooter that lacks the basic safety features put their as well as the lives of pedestrians at risk. This is why many city councils don’t allow micro-mobility startups to drop e-scooters on public roads.  

Whereas, an e-bike is much safer than the e-scooters. Its large wheels, lower center of gravity, and users’ previous knowledge of handling and riding bikes make it the safest micro-mobility vehicle. And thus, a micro-mobility startup owning e-bikes in the fleet can easily acquire the permit.   

• Acquisition cost and maintenance cost     

Though a small-scale startup can’t shoulder the additional financial burden, it is advisable to populate the fleet with e-bikes. And there are many reasons for it. 

An e-bike that costs at least $100 more than an e-scooter cries for less maintenance. By forming a much smaller maintenance team, an entrepreneur can easily recover the extra money he has spent on the e-bike.  

An e-bike is also more durable than the e-scooters. Its large body is much stronger than an e-scooter. It can even survive tampering attacks. 

So now when you understand the reasons why Jump has decided to drop e-bikes, let’s move ahead and discuss the user app and admin panel modules you have to ask your hired e-bike app development company to integrate into your e-bike app like Jump. 

E-bike user app and admin panel modules 

Your app is the only medium for the users to be part of your sales life cycle. And your admin panel is also the only medium for you to keep the eagle eye on the users being part of the sales life cycle. So what about paying extra heed to the features of the user app and admin panel?

E-bike user app modules:    

• Profile
• Tutorial 
• E-bike discovery 
• E-bike booking 
• E-bike group booking 
• E-bike unlocking/locking  
• Fare 
• Ride information 
• Payment 
• Ride history 
• Customer service 

E-bike admin panel modules: 

• User management 
• Rider management 
• Vehicle management 
• Ride management 
• Payment management 
• Dispute management 
• Fare management 

You aren’t done yet. You also need to make yourself familiar with the challenges associated with Jump-like e-bike sharing business. 

Challenges associated with Jump-like e-bike sharing business 

 
Unfortunately, the market is treating both e-bike sharing business and e-scooter sharing business in the same way. Thus, e-bike sharing businesses are facing the same problems e-scooter sharing businesses are facing. However, one of the benefits of this unwanted fusion is that we’ve already discovered the ways to lock horns with these challenges! 

• Customer acquisition   

Though big players claim that they have attracted many users, it has always been an uphill battle for new micro-mobility startups to acquire the users, especially in cities like Melbourne where public transportation is completely free in downtown and buses are connecting remote areas with the nearest metro train stations. 

• Manpower 

An e-bike sharing business is a resource-heavy business and to manage those resources, you need manpower. For instance, you need a city relation team which maintains healthy relations with cities, you also need a team of IoT engineers who can solve both software as well as hardware issues of the e-bike. A team of customer service executives is also needed. Now, imagine the percentage of revenue you have to spend on manpower! 

You can read our dedicated blog to know more about the manpower needed to run micro-mobility business and ways to reduce it.  

E-bike hardware selection is also a challenge amid the availability of many smart and basic e-bikes. So, now let’s discuss the differences between smart and basic e-bikes and which one you should purchase.  

How does an e-bike communicate with a mobile app? 

 
IoT technology is in the heart of the e-bike sharing business. Without it, you can never develop an e-bike app like Jump which shows the locations of all e-bikes and let users unlock e-bikes remotely. 

The IoT controller fitted in the e-bike makes it smart. This IoT controller establishes the connection with the backend of the mobile app and shares all information of the e-bike. It also receives the information (commands) from the backend of the mobile app. 

You can buy an e-bike that comes with the built-in IoT controller. And if you want to save a few bucks, you can buy the separate IoT controllers and fit them in e-bikes. E-bike app development companies like Coruscate then take care of the connectivity and other technical aspects of the app and IoT controller.  

How much does it cost to develop an e-bike app like Jump? 

 
Coruscate is the top e-scooter app development company that has developed 10 e-scooter and e-bike apps for different markets. We accommodate 100+ app developers, designers, IoT engineers, business experts, and legal advisors who all work together to help you deploy your app in the market at a surprisingly fast pace.

Our business experts and legal advisors help you to draft a business plan, get a permit and decide on the business model. Whereas our app developers, designers, and IoT engineers actualize a disruptive e-bike app that satisfies all your financial goals in the best possible ways.

Considering the different requirements of the different startups, we offer 3 approaches to develop an e-bike app.

• We can develop a custom e-bike app with all custom features which costs somewhere between $15000 to $25000.

• The price to develop the clone app of some popular e-bike apps starts from $10000.

• And the subscription plan of the white label e-bike app solution starts from just $500.

Are you still confused? Contact us, talk to our business expert and solve every query you have. You will be rewarded with free e-bike app demo and free consultation.

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2018 has been a year of many changes and absolute success in the e-scooter business. With the massive fundraising rounds and huge valuations, Uber and Lyft have entered the e-scooter territory. This is a signal that the e-scooters are going to conquer market very soon.

Investors have poured millions of dollars into this business in the past year. They are expecting huge returns. In fact, e-scooters are facing challenges on a city-by-city basis as many competitors for the micro-mobility are coming up. Read about the massive funding rounds, acquisitions and legislative hurdles characterize the year of the electric scooter at : War of e Scooter

In this world of competition, some e-scooter businesses are making it really big. Let us discuss how the e-scooter giants have progressed, what is their growth rate and how they are planning the future moves.

List of Top Electric Scooter Companies to Upgrade your E scooter business

► Uber/Jump scooters:

Uber has launched Jump scooters sharing recently in a deal reportedly worth over $100 million. Jump is a dockless electric bicycle sharing company.

Jump bikes are available in 10 cities. Uber is influencing Jump to add electric scooter sharing to their services, in addition to ride-hailing and electric bicycle sharing.

► Lime scooters:

Lime began as a bike-share company. In February 2018, Lime launched e-scooters. Since then, Lime has launched its scooters in over 100 cities in the U.S. and 27 international cities. Lime has also partnered with Uber to offer Lime scooters within the Uber app. Uber and Alphabet have invested $335 million in Lime. Lime values at a whopping $1.1 billion in a fundraising round. Lime launched its bike share service a year ago and has over 6 million rides across bikes and scooters overall.

► Lyft:

Lyft believes bikes and electric scooters are the next logical step beyond ride-hailing. Lyft purchased Motivate, which is billed as the largest bike-sharing company in the United States. Motivate operates CitiBike, Ford’s San Francisco-based GoBike operation, as well as bike-sharing services in dozens of other U.S. cities.

Motivate accounts for 80 percent of bike-share trips in the U.S. The worth of Motivate is estimated around $250 million. The company operates in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon and Columbus, Ohio.

► Bird:

Bird had raised around $300 million, for a valuation of $2 billion. It has put more than 1000 of its scooters on the roads across 18 U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. In April 2018, Bird had over 1 million rides since launching in September 2017. One year later, Bird announced that it hit 10 million rides across its 100- plus cities and over 2 million riders at the time. Bird is the next hottest startup in the ride-sharing industry and is said to be the Uber of e-scooter.

► Spin:

San Francisco-based Spin raised $125 million in blockchain-based funds in July. In February 2018, Spin got into electric scooter sharing business. And then in June, it moved totally into scooters. Ford decided to take over Spin in a deal worth $100 million in November 2018.

Yellow:

Yellow is all set to conquer the congested streets of Latin America. It has raised $16 million as quoted by Crunchbase. The founders of Yellow are famous for their most previous ride-sharing startup 99 which was sold to China-based ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing for $1 billion. According to Bloomberg, Yellow plans to unleash 20,000 bikes and more than 1,000 scooters onto Sao Paolo’s city streets by the end of the year.

So, now you know how the e-scooter business is just rising day by day. If you plan to enter the e-scooter market, you can consider building a escooter mobile app to make your business stand out. If you wish to know which features you can add to your mobile app.

Want to start your own E Scooter sharing company? Get in touch with our expert to know everything about e scooter business.

You can also read:

» https://www.coruscatesolution.com/build-electric-scooter-app-like-lime/
» https://www.coruscatesolution.com/create-your-own-app-like-lyft-electric-sctooter/
» https://www.coruscatesolution.com/build-app-like-uber-jump-scooter-services/

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Uber released the first ever Uber electric bike under the brand name Jump, the company they acquired very recently. This dockless device is Uber’s commitment towards the go-green campaign. The users simply need to book a scoter and unlock the docked bikes, and ride them to their destination. Booking these dockless bikes is as simple as booking your other Uber rides.

The company has launched their electric bikes across various cities in the United States. Apart from US, the electric bikes are doing good business and have market in Europe as well as the Middle East.

Uber’s new venture is a direct competition to Lime, Bird and Lyft, who have already created a name for themselves in this space.

Let’s talk a little about the Uber Jump Bikes.

How to Make an e scooter App Like JUMP, Develop Alternative app of JUMP, JUMP alternative app features to consider

Creating Uber Jump Bikes App: An Introduction

The Uber Jump bikes were offering free rides to the users till the 7th of October, in order to win over the competition. They had allowed users to book the rides using the already downloaded Uber app for convenience and ease of use.

The company will charge $1 for unlocking the bikes and 15 cents per minute of the ride, post 7th of October. The first 5 minutes of the ride will be free. The users can park the bikes in the designated parking lots, on completion of the ride. If you don’t park them in the parking lots, you might face a $25 fine.

The current scooters used by the company are being manufactured by Ninebot, the company that owns Segway. They also supply the scooters to Lime, Lyft and Bird.

Currently, Uber is facing tough competition with the other already established players, which is why they are coming up with strategies and features that will help them ace the green movement.

The company is said to expand their escooters to other markets including 90 cities in USA and 6 in Europe.

What You Can Learn from Uber Bike Sharing?

Uber entered the same segment that Lyft, Lime and Bird have already occupied. However, they did it in a slightly different manner. Here’s how Uber did it differently and here are the lessons you can learn from the company.

• Pilot testing is Important: They did not do a big launch immediately. They launched their electric bikes for the Santa Monica market initially, before starting out with expansions. They are testing the waters of this market, and trying to learn from the mistakes they might make, before they can move to the other US cities.

They started with providing free services till the 7th of October. The most important takeaway in this case is that you need to start small. Pilot test your idea, before you expand to other markets.

• Build on the Brand: When it comes to brand awareness, then there is more awareness about the brand Jump in the electric scooter market as compared to the brand Uber. However, people do know that Uber offers ride-sharing services. When two major brands merge, they offer a powerful composition to the others. Uber built it’s existence on the brand power that Jump held in the escooter market, and opted to beat the existing competition in the segment.

You need to understand the importance of brand, and the concept of brand equity in order to succeed with the new business venture that you are planning to roll out. If you have an app idea for the escooter market and want to boost your business in a way that Uber did, then you ought to build on the brand equity and understand the concept.

Uber does not have a secondary app for you to book the escooters. They have allowed you to book the scooters within their ride-sharing app itself. This means, you have to download a single app, and you gain access to multiple ride options. This way, if you don’t want the dockless bike, but want to share a ride, you don’t have to move out of the existing app.

How does this help? You are able to engage the users in the single app for a longer time, and the app usage increases. In fact, it also helps improve your business. From the user’s perspective, it is pretty easy to use and convenient.

Here are the must-have features within the app for Uber-like escooters.

Features that You Cannot Miss Out

1. Easy unlock: The bikes should be easy to unlock. Including a feature wherein the user can unlock using the QR code or by scanning the pin, should allow them to easily unlock and quickly get access to the bikes. This feature will make things convenient to the user.

2. Track the Bike: The inbuilt GPS system and the map-based navigation within the app will allow you to track the location of the bike, and make sure you get to the location as soon as possible.

3. Easy to Locate: Identifying scooters in the nearby location should be made easy by the app. Allow the app to search for the user’s current location and identify bikes that they can unlock and use at the earliest, with much less travel time. This feature will make it easy for the users to find a bike, unlock and drive. The in-built GPS systems within the bikes will make including this feature easy for you.

4. Price Estimation: Every user wants to know the approximate price that will be charged by the company for the destination they want to travel to. Make sure you have a price estimator, which will help them know the charges and will make it simpler for them.

Last but not the least, make sure you use the ride-sharing app to add the escooter feature, which will make it easier for the user, and increase their engagement. You will also benefit from this, as a result.

Summing up

Everything that is successful is not just well-planned, but also well-executed. If you have an idea, but don’t know how to implement it or, you are not sure how to proceed, just connect with us at Coruscate. We will partner with you to fulfill your technology needs and ensure you get a well-defined strategy for your app idea.

You can email us or call us, and our team will get back within 24 hours to address your queries for e scooter app development.

Note: We do not make clones of any exact application, clone means to us is how better we can execute your app idea with existing app features and experience.

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