Uber shows off new JUMP Bikes and Scooters at its Elevate conference

Uber shows off new JUMP Bikes and Scooters at its Drag briefing

Uber is gearing upward to take over all modes of urban transportation

A big theme at this year's Uber Elevate briefing is moving beyond simple ride-sharing to other transportation methods like e-bikes and electric scooters.

First off, the company revamped its Jump Bikes to make it easier for users to swap batteries in and out should their bike exist low on accuse.

Uber bought Bound in 2018, but originally the bikes featured integrated batteries and then workers had to pick them up in a van and transport them to a charging warehouse.

Shortly subsequently the acquisition, the next-gen bikes included a removable bombardment to streamline charging.

At present, the company aims to arrive fifty-fifty easier to charge bikes with an easily swappable battery. The visitor hopes that past 2020 it will have battery recharging kiosks that look like vending machines in cities so anyone tin can swap a bombardment out of a dead or dying bicycle.

Uber is releasing the new bikes later this year merely has however to share whatsoever plans related to bringing the models to Canada.

In Canada, JUMP bikes are a rarity, but they're going to striking the streets of Montreal sometime this summer. There have as well been rumours that they might appear in Vancouver, merely at that place is no conclusive news yet.

MobileSyrup has reached out to Uber to find out what other Canadian cities will be getting Jump bikes.

Afterward the company showed off its new bikes, it took some time to highlight a new electric scooter model. This version has a larger frame and wheels. Its new handbrake besides gently applies the brakes to both wheels to brand certain that riders stop slowly and safely.

And then far these scooters are not bachelor in Canada, but Quebec is working on electric scooter regulations then information technology could let the vehicles to operate there someday.