Paris has threatened to ban e-scooters if their operators don't enforce speed limits and other rules after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by two riders who fled the scene.
Paris authorities have announced the three companies that have won licences to operate electric scooters in the capital, part of a project to clamp down on unrestricted scooter hire.
The rider of an electric scooter was killed in the early hours of Saturday morning on a Paris highway, when he was in a collision with a motorcycle, rescue services said.
Electric scooters in Paris are the subject of much well-documented controversy in the French capital. But as the city authorities take matters into their own hands, could the days of the bête noire of Parisian pedestrians be coming to an abrupt end?
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has had enough of the thousands of electric scooters being left on pavements around the French capital. She has also announced other measures in a bid to better regulate the vehicles.
France will ban electric scooters from pavements in September, the transport minister said, in a backlash against a surge of the commuter gizmos invading pedestrian areas.
Paris City Hall rolled out steep fines for electric scooter users on Thursday in a bit to crackdown on rogue riders, not least those who take to the pavement to avoid the traffic jams.
Driving a scooter around the picturesque streets of Paris can be the best and cheapest thrill the French capital can offer but it's not all smooth riding.
If peddling a bicycle around Paris is too much work for you, you’re in luck. From Tuesday you’ll be able to rent an electric scooter just as easily as renting a bike.
Electric mopeds will be available for hire around Paris from this summer following an "encouraging" trial of the public scheme, the mayor's office announced on Tuesday.
A new urban ‘scooter-bike’ designed by Frenchman Philippe Starck was unveiled in the French city of Bordeaux this week. The Pibal, as the hybrid bikes have been named, will be rolled out on the streets of the city later in the year.
