Mr. Hal Stevenson:

The majority of policymakers we talk to are all in favour of e-scooter regulation. Depending on where they are coming from, it is either because they see what is happening at the moment, which is essentially unregulated usage all over towns and cities, or because there are clear sustainability benefits. Those sustainability benefits are only delivered if this is regulated as a viable transport alternative. On speeds, the current gross speed of 25 km/h is great. We would be happy with 20 km/h but we really could not live with a speed of about 12 km/h. That does not work. Being completely transparent on power, we would not want to but could live with 250 W. We would prefer it to be 500 W but between the two, the speed completely undermines the aim of the service if we get into those low teens. For us, speed is good at 25 km/h and we would still be at 20 km/h. We could live with 250 W but would prefer 500 W.