Hive returns to the streets, but without his own application. You can now order scooters from FreeNow

Hive electric scooters are coming back to the street in new colors, but forget about the dedicated application. You can rent them directly at FreeNow.

Hive is one of many scooter network operators operating in Poland, which, like the rest, had a big problem. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the equipment rented for minutes using the application was closed for four months in four warehouses.

However, the waiting time for electric scooters to return to the sidewalks of Polish cities is coming to an end. In addition, fleet operator Hive has just announced that it has not been idle in recent weeks and devoted time during the lockdown to preparing vehicles in a new color.

Hive electric scooters are now red

This color replaced the yellow color previously used by the company. This is due to the purchase of Hive by the Daimler and BMW investor group , i.e. the owners of the FreeNow brand (i.e. the former MyTaxi ). The red color of the scooters allows for consistency between different brands within the group.

The brand already known to Poles in the case of scooters, however, does not disappear. The vehicles still have the logo already known to customers on the housing, but next to it there is now the "only on FreeNow" note, because the way in which it pays to change is changing. Hive user accounts are deleted, as is the application itself.

Hive scooters will now be rented exclusively from FreeNow .

Thanks to this, you can order a car ride with a driver in one application and rent a scooter. This works in a similar way as in the case of Uber , which in its application integrated scooters operated by the Lime company (although in this case a separate application has not disappeared).

However, what is most important, the price list, remains unchanged. Customers will continue to pay PLN 3 for unlocking the Hive scooter, plus a fee of PLN 0.10 per minute of driving. It should also be remembered that users are subject to "safety rules for coronavirus".

Due to the pandemic, scooters from FREE NOW are disinfected daily, twice: thoroughly before loading and at the time of collection for charging, especially in places such as handles, brakes, bell and column. A dedicated team that arranges, organizes, charges and maintains the scooter fleet, is required to wear masks and disposable gloves during work. FREE NOW recommends scooter users to use disposable gloves or antibacterial hand liquids both just before unlocking the scooter and after putting it away in a safe place - we can read in the press release

First of all, red Hive scooters will appear on the sidewalks of Wrocław, where 300 such vehicles will be available. Next, FreeNow will allow them to be rented in cities such as Kraków and Gdańsk, followed by Warsaw.

Hive returns to the streets, but without his own application. You can now order scooters from FreeNow