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Revel is shutting down its shared electric moped service

<p>Revel is leaving behind its roots and ending its (at times controversial) electric moped service New York City and <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/revel-san-francisco-expansion-202502570.html?_fsig=IcKZNbaMz0WvOkXnA334xg--%7EA">San Francisco[/url]. Company CEO and co-founder Frank Reig has sent a company-wide email, viewed by <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/03/revel-ends-moped-sharing-focuses-on-ev-charging-and-ridehail/">TechCrunch[/url], telling staff that &quot;the service has been strained and ridership isn't what it used to be.&quot; Revel has also <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/11/03/electric-moped-company-revel-bails-on-two-wheelers-in-full-transition-to-taxis">sent out emails[/url] to its passengers, notifying them that the service will shut down on November 18 and encouraging them to use their account credits before then.&nbsp;</p>
<div id="76617627ade445f688b6cf193ebabd71"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's a bad day for car-free travel in NYC. @_GoRevel (https://twitter.com/_GoRevel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is shutting down their moped business in NYC and SF.@StreetsblogNYC (https://twitter.com/StreetsblogNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @ShabazzStuart (https://twitter.com/ShabazzStuart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) pic.twitter.com/UXo5RDSKrY (https://t.co/UXo5RDSKrY)</p>— Matt (@Noticeandaccept) November 3, 2023 (https://twitter.com/Noticeandaccept/status/1720517539753816355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
 
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<p>As the publication notes, Revel pulled the service out of its other markets in 2022, and only has around 3,000 mopeds operational in NYC and San Francisco. A spokesperson from the company told TechCrunch that ridership has dropped by 30 percent in both remaining cities year-over-year and that it's no longer sustainable to keep that segment of its business running.&nbsp;</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Revel temporarily paused its moped service a few times over the years due to safety concerns. In 2020, it suspended the ridesharing solution following an accident wherein two customers were killed while riding its vehicles. It <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/27/21403937/revel-electric-mopeds-nyc-return-app-safety-test-mandatory-helmet-selfies">brought back the service[/url] after implementing a mandatory in-app safety test and requiring riders to take a selfie of themselves wearing a helmet. Revel also pulled its mopeds <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://gothamist.com/news/the-bronx-is-safe-again-for-revel">from the Bronx[/url] for over a year due to a string of battery thefts.</p>
<p>Going forward, Revel will focus on its EV ride-hailing service operated by employee drivers across the five boroughs of New York. It also plans to expand its <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/revel-electric-vehicle-fast-charging-stations-new-york-city-154209450.html">EV fast-charging stations[/url] in New York and the Bay Area.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/revel-is-shutting-down-its-shared-electric-moped-service-113046594.html?src=rss

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