The Ile-de-France start-up Troopy is entering the self-service electric scooter market in Paris, in partnership with Yamaha and Saemes.
After spending some time on 125 thermal two-wheelers only, Troopy sets out to conquer Paris, this time thanks to electric scooters. And it is on the self-service market that the company wants to shine, thanks to the NEOS’s (50 cc) and E01 (125 cc) models from the manufacturer Yamaha. For the deployment in the capital, Troopy has partnered with the parking operator Saemes, which operates more than 70 car parks in the Île-de-France region.
Bet on terminals installed in car parks, rather than on the road
Troopy does not hide its ambitions: the start-up founded in 2018 wants to become a major player on the national and then international scene, thanks to its activity as a soft and shared mobility operator. And to gain in efficiency but above all in autonomy, the company has deployed its own network of charging stations, in the heart of Paris, where the future limited traffic zone (ZTL) will be delimited, at the beginning of 2024.
Troopy electric scooters can thus be recharged in car parks located near Madeleine-Tronchet (Paris 8), Grande Armée (Chapat car park, near the Arc de Triomphe) and Lagrange-Maubert (Paris 5). Three other car parks are also installed (and operational) in the Hôtel de Ville (Paris 4), Pyramides (Paris 1er) and Champagny (Paris 7). Note that the recharge is supported and carried out by Troopy directly.
Troopy relies on the deployment of its charging stations in the works (in car parks therefore) rather than on the road. It takes up less space, and diverse services (like bikes) are never far away. ” By installing more than 1,000 electric charging stations and hosting charging hubs like those of Troopy in our Saemes structures, we are demonstrating that the car park is becoming a mobility center and that it is a local element in a city that is re-invent “, maintains the general manager of Saemes, Ghislaine Geffroy.
“1,600 electric scooters” deployed by next spring, Troopy tells us
The network of charging stations will include 18 fast chargers (8 kWh), to refuel the scooters in just an hour; as well as 6 standard chargers (3 kWh). And to use a self-service electric scooter, all you have to do is download the Troopy application, an approach not very different from that of its competitors Cityscoot, Yego or Cooltra. Then all that remains is to go through the entire profile validation process, which can sometimes be very long on this type of service. Once the profile has been validated, the available electric scooters are positioned on the application map.
For now, only a few dozen scooters are circulating in the capital. Troopy launched its self-service electric vehicle service in early October. And now the firm has reached a first symbolic milestone. ” We recorded 1,000 uses in a month and a half “says Mathilde Karceles to Clubic. The service extended to the whole capital a few days ago. Enough to encourage Parisians and tourists to make more use of its fleet. ” Today we have a fleet of 200 scooters: 100 of each model “, adds the general secretary of Troopy, who specifies that this progressive deployment will continue, and that the service should have a total of 1,600 machines in circulation by next spring.
As far as prices are concerned, Troopy offers a Flex rate at 0.38 euro cents per minute in NEO’s, and 0.48 euro/minute in E01. For non-stop use of 30 minutes, count 11.4 euros with the Yamaha NEO’s, and 14.4 euros with the E01 model. The off-level break (there are two: one for an hour, the other for a full day) is billed at 0.19 euro/minute in Troopy 50 and 0.24 euro/ minute in Troopy 125.
Source: Clubic
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