Nov 14, 2023
Between 2022 and 2023, the number of people travelling for work on a Bolt scooter or e-bike shot up by 160%.
We’ve dug into the data to reveal where two-wheeled business trips are taking off. Find out how and why. 👇
How we know they’re work trips: all data comes from Bolt scooter and e-bike rides paid for using a Bolt Work Profile or Bolt Business payment method between Q1 and Q3 in 2022 and 2023.
Seeing somebody arrive at work on an electric scooter is no longer a shock — as the demand for car-free business travel continues to rise!
The number of workers travelling for work on Bolt scooters and e-bikes rose 160% between 2022 and 2023 — showing an increasing appetite for two-wheeled travel.
Germany, famous for its world-class cars, is leading the way in sustainable travel for work trips — beating Poland and Romania to claim the top spot.
These are the 10 countries where travelling for work on a Bolt scooter or e-bike is most popular:
Many countries in the top 10 have harsh weather in winter. Micromobility helps people make the most of the warmer temperatures on their way to and from the workplace during the summer.
The top 2, Germany and Poland, held onto their places for the second year. But the rest of the top 10 looks quite different compared to 2022, with Romania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Spain moving up the list.
In 2022, August was the most popular month to travel by scooter or e-bike for work-related travel. But with temperatures in September rising, scooter season is extending, and in 2023, September became the most common month for two-wheeled travel.
71% of jobseekers want to work for an environmentally-friendly company. Employers who support their workers to travel for work sustainably make themselves a desirable workplace — potentially boosting employee retention too.
Driving has been the primary travel method for many years, but this dependency is catching up with cities and everyone who works in them.
Rush hour is expanding, roads are increasingly congested, and people travelling for work lose more of their precious time in traffic jams. In attempts to solve this, cities widen roads and build new ones. But, in the long run, this only encourages more people to drive — and we end up back where we started.
Electric scooters and e-bikes offer an efficient, flexible, and quick alternative to sitting behind the wheel of a car. And they take up a fraction of the space, too, as 12 scooters can fit in one parking space.
When your company joins Bolt Business, every employee you add to your account will see the company as a payment method in the Bolt app.
If your company’s based in a country with Bolt scooters or e-bikes (or a team member travels to a city where they’re available), you can allow them to use micromobility for work-related travel.
Create a Bolt Business account for your company online to give your team a commute worth working for.
