Lime pumps £1m into parking to tackle London e-bike clutter Tech Green bike conglomerate Lime is pumping nearly £1m into hundreds of new e-bike parking bays as it looks to tackle the pavement clutter that has accompanied London’s rental bike boom. The capital’s biggest shared e-bike operator has awarded £886,857 to nine boroughs, including Greenwich, Lambeth and Hackney, to create or expand 586 parking bays this [...]
Lime targets commuters with ‘more affordable’ cycle to work scheme Tech Lime is making its e-bikes cheaper for workers through the Cycle to Work scheme as the ubiquitous green operator steps up its push for a bigger wedge of London’s daily commute. Workers will be able to pay for an annual Lime subscription through salary sacrifice, cutting the cost by as much as 47 per cent [...]
E-bike giants back Khan bid to end London ‘Wild West’ Tech London’s leading e-bike operators have backed Sadiq Khan’s bid to end the capital’s regulatory ‘Wild West’ while piling pressure on the government to get a long-awaited city-wide licensing regime into force. Lime, Forest and Voi welcomed new plans to replace London’s borough-by-borough wars with a single framework overseen by Transport for London (TfL), after years [...]
Voi rides on in London borough despite council order August 13, 2026 Voi is continuing to operate hundreds of e-bikes in Ealing despite the council choosing Lime and Forest to run its new rental scheme, City AM understands. The Swedish e-bike operator has not removed its fleet after its previous agreement with the west London council expired at the end of July, leaving three companies operating in [...]
Councils accused of turning e-bike operators into ‘revenue stream’ as fees surge July 28, 2026 Cash-strapped London boroughs are squeezing e-bike operators with steep fee rises and growing enforcement charges, as the industry’s heavyweights warn councils are increasingly treating them as a cash cow. One London borough increased annual operating fees more than five-fold in a single year without adding any extra parking bays, according to figures seen by City [...]
Ealing stalls on Voi contract as ‘sensitive discussions’ threaten West London e-bike network July 1, 2026 Ealing Council has held back from signing a fresh e-bike agreement with operator Voi, City AM understands, stalling its upcoming operating period as backroom negotiations expose growing regulatory divide on London’s high streets. Town hall chiefs have admitted that negotiations have hit a deadlock, revealing they are mired in non-disclosure talks ahead of a looming [...]
Lime trialled fast-food lane that let Deliveroo riders bypass speed limits June 2, 2026 Lime has scrapped a trial that allowed Deliveroo riders to bypass speed restrictions on its rental e-bikes after questions were raised over the policy. The scheme, first reported by London Centric, gave riders using Lime’s new Delivery Pass access to areas where ordinary users would automatically be slowed down by the company’s “turtle mode” system. [...]
Can an e-bike subscription win over London commuters from Lime and Forest? May 17, 2026 London’s dockless bike market has become increasingly competitive, but for regular riders the main difference between operators is often cost, rather than convenience. Lime and Forest dominate much of the capital’s dockless cycling network and both have become embedded in the daily commute, particularly across central London where short journeys are often quicker by bike [...]
Lime races SpaceX and OpenAI to IPO as revenues soar May 11, 2026 Lime, the Uber-backed e-bike giant, filed for a Nasdaq listing over the weekend, joining a growing cohort of tech giants racing toward public markets this year. The Silicon-Valley based micromobility titan, known for its ubiquitous green bikes, plans to list on Nasdaq this year, following revenues jumping 29 per cent to $886.7m (£665m) in 2025, [...]
Lime pedals new flat fee pass for London’s delivery drivers April 21, 2026 Lime is piloting a new ‘delivery pass’ in London designed to give the capital’s growing number of food delivery cyclist cheaper access to its e-bike fleet, City AM understands. The new, reduced price package has landed on the app as concerns mount over the proliferation of illegal and unregulated bikes on the city’s streets. The [...]