Lastly, all users are covered by an insurance policy from the moment they unlock a vehicle to the moment they end their ride. Safety classes, and pass out special TRYKE helmets to monthly pass buyers for The community through safety events and campaigns where they offer free rides, Users on through their app, social media, website, and parking stations. TRYKE also promotes safe and responsible riding etiquette, which they educate If users leave the e-scooter outside a designated parking location, they’ll continue to be charged on a per-minute basis. Users to park their vehicle at a designated physical or virtual station before Left all over sidewalks, so TRYKE employs a docking base system which requires Over the next 12 months, TRYKE aims to expand into universities and key cities across Malaysia, including University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Shah Alam, Melaka, and Penang. A vibrant community which consisted of students, young professionals, and tourists.Strong support from stakeholders and the local authority for innovative and new technologies to conduct pilot/test programs in the smart city.Lower road traffic, which leads to lower accident risks.Excellent infrastructure (bike lanes and sidewalks).Image Credit: TRYKEĪs TRYKE’s first city launch in Klang Valley due to a variety of factors, which Weekly and monthly ride passes for RM20, RM45, and RM150 respectively. In comparison, Beam charges RM1.50 to unlock and RM0.45 for every minute of riding. To unlock the bike, plus RM0.30 per minute of usage. Themselves also allowed them to offer the lowest e-scooter pricing thus far: RM1 Investors the potential of shared micro-mobility. Quickly perform market validation and prove to themselves as well as future To do this, the team simply found and pieced together readily available and existing off-the-shelf software and hardware components. With one main thing in mind: to hit the market in the fastest, cheapest way In riding one began stopping and questioning him, but couldn’t accept the steepĮxperience with Lime in the US, and began to study the market, business model,Īnd what it would take to bring an e-scooter service to Malaysia. Personal e-scooter to navigate his surroundings. Traffic conditions soon became a daily pain point for him, so he bought a Value and experience I had was unlike any other, and it stuck with me evenĪfter I returned from the US towards the end of 2018,” Timothy told Vulcan Intrigued, he took his first ride on a randomly parked Lime e-scooter in front of his apartment, and it immediately changed his life. In the middle of 2018, he noticed shared mobility services like Lime and Bird popping up in the city. Launching TRYKE started with Timothy’s experience when he was living in the US. Of overseeing the company’s financial matters to ensure its longevity. Graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration and is now in charge In Mechanical Engineering and spent 3 years employed in a US Fortune 500 Wong and Shazwan Abdul Razak, TRYKE was launched in Cyberjaya on November 22,Īlthough its launch pad was in Iskandar Puteri a little earlier this year.Ī BSc. So, it seems like our very own Malaysian e-scooter startup, TRYKE, entered at just the right time, with its operations in Cyberjaya. Then we had Singaporean e-scooter startups Neuron Mobility and Beam enter our urban areas just earlier this year.īeam is currently still operational within KL city, while Neuron Mobility announced in its app that they are pausing their service in Cyberjaya for an upgrade, effective November 15, 2019. Malaysia has seen bike sharing services like oBike and ofo come and go, leaving a messy trail of abandoned bikes strewn all over in their wake.
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