Chennai, Oct 11 (PTI) Self-driving car service providerZoomcar today said it has launched PEDL - country's firsttechnology enabled cycle sharing facility in three cities.
The service is available in Bengaluru, Kolkata andChennai respectively, operating 500 bicycles in the threecities, a company statement said.
The company has plans to have more than 10,000 bicyclesby year-end as part of expanding the service.
"PEDL will primarily serve local use cases such asgrocery shopping and last mile commuting. PEDL was designed tocomplement Zoomcar's existing car sharing business throughserving an additional part of the personal transportationstack", the statement said.
"With the launch of PEDL service, we are officiallyextending the Zoomcar platform into the realm of multi-modalurban mobility", Zoomcar CEO and Co-founder Greg Moran said.
Noting that there would be special PEDL benefits to the30 lakh plus existing Zoomcar customer base, he said, "we haveobserved a huge market gap for trips shorter than fivekilometres." The cycles are currently available in Besant Nagar,Chennai, HSR Layout in Bengaluru and Golf Greens in Kolkata.
The cycles are equipped with smart locks that can beunlocked using a QR code. It also has real-time GPS tracking,solar battery charging and built-in alarms.
Each cycle has a multipurpose basket to afford theconvenience to customer in travelling for work or leisure.
Customers planning to use the cycle need to pay Rs 10 perhalf an hour via mobile wallet PayTM and need to drop thecycle at any of the PEDL locations.
Zoomcar currently provides self-car driving service in 27cities and has nearly 3,000 cars across the country. PTI VIJAPRAPR.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.