Scooter sharing initiated in San Francisco about 5 years ago. The past 2 years has been a tremendous growth. Nowadays there are around 30 cities with scooter sharing schemes and the majority of them are located in Europe.

Thanks to COMODULE’s sharing technology and Kumpan’s Electric Scooters, the German energy supplier Energieversorgung Oberhausen AG is now offering vehicles for rental! Everyone who is at least 18 years old, has a driving license of class B, a smartphone and a bank account, can enjoy the ride with the orange-coloured e-scooters.

COMODULE participated in the Connected Cyclist Conference, organized from European Cyclists Federation and ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club). Kristjan Maruste, COMODULE’s CEO, participated in the Panel discussion regarding Smart Integration from & Into the Bike. Together with Jim Meyer from Quarq & Dirk Sandrock from Momes, they shared their learnings about smart product development, as well as the new monetisation opportunities which arise.

The lightest e-bike systems for city bikes launches integrated smart features. Ansmanns’ new battery management systems provide a Bluetooth interface powered by COMODULE. User, bike manufacturer and Ansmann will leverage from the connected platform consisting of the smartphone application and the cloud based analytics and notification dashboard.

Klever Mobility Europe GmbH has presented their 2018 product series at the company’s new HQ in Cologne, Germany. Ever since being founded in 2011, the subsidiary of Taiwan-based Kymco has focussed on offering ‘car converts’ an alternative for their daily commute in urban areas.

Munich based e-bike system supplier Fazua trusts in connectivity solutions from COMODULE. With its unique detachable system design and selected digital features powered by COMODULE, Fazua Evation is considered to be 2018's most innovative drive system on the market.

BMZ GmbH integrates additional connectivity solutions for the BMZ Drive System. A smartphone is used to link the E-bike to an intelligent network. This brings new features to the vehicle like social media community interactions.

Today, 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to 66% by 2050. For that reason, the planning of sustainable urbanization is a vital element to successful development. The way people commute around the cities is an integral part of everyday life, since it affects productivity, security, health and global warming, among other things. Based on World Economic Forum’s evidences (2017) plenty of cities all over the world including Paris, Brussels, Oslo, Madrid, London and Hamburg, have decided to reduce or ban diesel cars from their city centres within next years. Governments have acknowledged that conventional car-centric model will eventually lead cities to collapse due to the health implications and space management problems it causes.

Berlin-Tallinn 16.3.2017. COMODULE and Brose announce partnership to empower the bicycles of tomorrow. Partnership results in standardised integration of COMODULE technology into bicycles powered by Brose.