Electric scooter company Lime gets official nod to trial vehicles in Adelaide

Electric scooter company Lime hopes a trial of its vehicles during the Fringe will mirror the success of its first Australian rollout, where 500,000 Brisbanites have hopped on an e-scooter.

Fringe Festival staff try out the Lime electric scooters – they will be available for public use soon. Picture: Dean Martin

Electric scooter company Lime hopes a trial of its vehicles during the Fringe will mirror the success of its first Australian rollout, where 500,000 Brisbanites have hopped on an e-scooter.

Transport Minister Stephan Knoll yesterday announced Lime had been given permission to bring up to 500 e-scooters to Adelaide until March 17. The Advertiser revealed details of the trial earlier this week, but Lime was only officially given the nod on Friday.

The e-scooters can only be used in the CBD and the riverbank precinct, and must not travel faster than 15km/h.

Mr Knoll said the trial would “provide a real buzz around the city during the Fringe and Mad March”.

“We moved quickly to fast-track this trial so it could be up and running for what is the busiest time for the Adelaide CBD,” he said.

Mr Knoll said the success of the trial would determine if Adelaideans could continue to use e-scooters moving forward.

Police reminded users that they must wear a helmet and travel on the footpath instead of using multi-lane roads, or streets with a speed limit of more than 50km/h.