Revel is shutting down its shared electric moped service

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Revel is leaving behind its roots and ending its (at times controversial) electric moped service New York City and San Francisco.

, telling staff that "the service has been strained and ridership isn't what it used to be." Revel has alsoto its passengers, notifying them that the service will shut down on November 18 and encouraging them to use their account credits before then.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.

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. Itafter implementing a mandatory in-app safety test and requiring riders to take a selfie of themselves wearing a helmet.

 

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