The new funding backs progress towards a universal sound for e-scooters, as part of the ‘Safe and Sound’ project.
Dott (aka emTransit B.V.) is a European mobility operator with over 30,000 electric scooters in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and now the UK. The company aims to expand its UK operations and recently won a tender for the Transport for London e-scooter trials. Dott scooters is looking to mitigate potential safety hazards to pedestrians with the use of an Acoustics Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) for distinct e-scooter category.
The three-way partnership between Dott, the RNIB and the University of Salford was launched in 2021 with the report 'Generation and Analysis of Artificial Warning Sounds for Electric Scooters'. It has supported research into the first feasibility analysis for using artificial motor sounds on light electric vehicles. The project aims to understand whether artificial motor sounds on electric scooters can improve...