Surely, for those people who live in small cities or towns, the problems of traffic restrictions in city areas sound like Chinese. For those of us who are more or less fortunate to live in cities like Madrid, we must bear in mind that the restriction zones will be increasingly wide. Also little by little we will hear “shared mobility” or shared mobility, such as “carsharing” (shared car).
Before explaining the two bets that the French manufacturer offers us, I would like to expand the term and give a brief overview of the concept of shared mobility in a generic way. We are currently experiencing a real invasion, in my view very positive, of different examples of it. If we take our capital as a reference, which is undoubtedly the most advanced city in this sense in Spain, we will see how bicycles with electric assistance, motorcycles or electric cars and the recently incorporated electric scooters are capable of providing mobility until very recently. unimaginable in the city.
In the future, mobility will be based on technological plurality, and the owner or owners will play a secondary role . In the case of shared mobility, the current positioning is undoubtedly electric. The triumph in user loyalty is the simplicity when using it. You just have to download the application that corresponds to the product you want to use, fill in your details and choose a payment method. Today you will even find apps that offer you all the available companies.
Within the app you will find a map and you can search by area for the mobility method you want and that at that moment it has units available closer to you. Then they will offer you about twenty minutes of reservation. You will approach the car, motorcycle, skateboard, etc … and after entering a code on your mobile that you will normally see in the vehicle, you will be ready to start the adventure.
The price varies depending on the option you have chosen but it is usually quite cheap. If we compare it to a taxi, it will be around a third of the cost. You may wonder who the users of these services are: it is very clear, everyone who knows it is. Living in a city like Madrid and being able to have a car to access through conflictive areas and also parking at no cost makes day-to-day life easier.
I do not forget the users who come on vacation and discover new ways of getting to know the city. Companies like Lime, which offer electric skates, are in different cities and in different countries. As an example, a few weeks ago and on the occasion of the Paris motor show, I spent the night in this city. If you know it, you will know that in addition to the Seine and the Eiffel Tower, Paris is well known for its intense traffic. When leaving the Hall it is common to see endless queues waiting for taxi and motorcycle taxi. This year the light bulb went on and I looked for shared mobility options. About three hundred meters away I found an electric scooter and thus I started on my way to the hotel. Of course, you always have to take into account the mobility limitations by district. Although in this the companies are very specific and there should be no error if you check at the end of the service that the vehicle is closed and available so that a new user can reserve it for mobility.
That said, we focus on the headline of this article: Peugeot offers two electric options that fit perfectly into the trunk.
Let’s see them!
