Ryde is expanding its shared e-bike offering, moving from e-scooter operator to a truly multimodal micromobility operator. Following its e-bike launch in Norway, Ryde now plans to bring e-bikes to every city where it sees demand. The goal is simple: to get more people using shared micromobility for more of their everyday trips.

Why E-bikes

E-scooters are a great fit for short trips in the city centre. But many trips are longer, start further out or involve carrying something, and many people simply prefer a bike. E-bikes let Ryde reach those riders and those trips.

• More people are choosing shared micromobility. A bike is familiar to almost everyone, which makes it an easy first step for people who have never tried a shared scooter
• Longer and faster trips. For those who need to travel further, an e-bike gets them there quicker and more comfortably, making it a real alternative to the car
• Room to carry things. With a basket on the front, riders can bring a bag, a laptop or the groceries on the way home

E-bikes and e-scooters do not compete with each other. They complement each other, and together they cover far more of the trips people make every day. Riders find both in the same Ryde app, with the same account.

Why Now

Three things have come together that make this the right moment for e-bikes.

Cities are investing in cycling. Many cities are investing heavily in infrastructure for micromobility, not least in new bike lanes and parking areas. At the same time, many cities want more of their residents to take up cycling, and e-bikes speed up the shift from car to bike. By adding e-bikes to its fleet, Ryde helps cities make the most of the potential they have created for their residents.

The organisation is ready. In every city where Ryde operates, the service is run by a local operation with a team of locally employed staff. Building the right team takes time, and Ryde has spent years doing exactly that. Today, those teams are strong enough to take on a new vehicle type without compromising the quality riders and cities already get from Ryde’s e-scooters, the same quality that recently made Ryde the top-ranked operator in Malmö’s performance-based permit scheme.

The bike is ready. Ryde has spent more than a year developing an e-bike built for shared use, and the result is now rolling out on city streets.

"E-bikes let us offer the right vehicle for every trip, and give cities one partner that can take on more of the journeys that today are made by car,” says Tobias W. Balchen, CEO of Ryde Technology.

Part of a Larger Push

Ryde operates in 80+ cities across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany, with a fleet exceeding 120,000 vehicles and operations run in-house in every market.

Ryde already offers e-bikes in two cities in Norway. The expansion now begins with launches in Wuppertal and Lübeck, Germany, and in Växjö, Helsingborg and Malmö, Sweden. Riders in these cities can simply open the Ryde app and pick an e-bike on the map, right next to the e-scooters they already know.

The first e-bike cities are only the beginning. Ryde expects e-bikes to grow into an important part of the business, and within a few years to order as many e-bikes as e-scooters.

Ryde will add e-bikes in every city where it sees demand, using what each launch teaches to make the next one better. The goal stays the same as always: making it easy to leave the car at home, whatever the trip.

Ryde looks forward to bringing e-bikes to more cities and to working with municipalities that want to give their residents more sustainable ways to get around.