How to become a electric microbility Service Operator?

August 05, 2024

A Few things you MUST know about Ride-Share Business.

The last-mile vehicle electric scooters is providing the public with a fast convenient and enjoyable mode of transportation. Inspired by the success of dockless bike hare companies in China, Bird first launched dock-less sharing electric scooters in 2018. The love of Shared Electric scooter For Rent keeps rolling crazily, followed by Spin, Lime, Lyft and at Uber, VOl, Tier, Yellow etc. Today we Gofunow provide end-to-end Public Scooter sharing solutions to help you launch your own Shared Escooter For Rent fleet!

Gofunow Sharing Electric Scooters Launched in German Jordanian University

How is the Sharing Business Going Now?

Current Situation and Problems (Hardware Scooter, Money, Time, Technology Software)

With the development of Sharing Economy, electric bike for rental or E-bike sharing, Electric Scooter sharing and power bank sharing are showing up in our life, especially China. There are some of big companies now operating sharing fleet and making big money everyday as they have a large amount of VC (Venture Capital) investments. But it is not easy for ordinary individual to start this kind of business, because they have no ride share back-end software platform and APP to attract investors.

1.Gofunow Background and Overview.

Gofunow Established in 2020, began to enter Electric Mobility Industry, with the basic design concept of Ecology (Technology), Conservation (Environmental Protection) and Optimization (Economy), dedicated and committed to Environmental Sustainability, we focus on the Innovative of “last mile”Electric Micro-mobility to help people enjoy Electric Mobility as a happy daily lifestyle.

2. Which is the Right features scooters or bikes for You?

Stable: All parts must be good enough to make the scooter work 24/7 days.

Durable: The scooter frame is strong enough for less maintenance and repair work.

Fashion: It should be attractive, people can not wait to try it once they see it on the street.

Long Riding Range: We recommend 36V 15Ah battery that can go 40km range per fully charged.

Above all is the super basic features to running sharing business of micro-mobility. Besides, you need to add some other features to make the rider feel more comfortable and convenient during riding.

Gofunow Multi-functional scooters and bikes for Rental Business

Commercial Electric Scooters for Sharing business

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3.Which is the best software solution for you?

Specification of IoT Device for Gofunow Sharing Electric scooters

QR acrylic board

QR code

IoT new display

Touch screen

Accurate GPS

IoT main board

Night Mood light

Battery back up

Internal head light

USB Phone charging

4. Main Specification of Gofunow IoT Device.

IOT board size	788818(mm) PCBA size
Voltage	12V/24V/36V/48V/60V
Temperature	-25℃~75℃ Extreme temperature iot will report temperature alarm to the server
Band information	LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B8/B20/B28/B31/B72
	LTE-TDD B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
	GSM/EDGE B2/B3/B5/B8
Operational Certification	China: Telecom Inbound/Mobile Inbound Europe: CE
Mandatory authentication	SRRC/NAL/CCC /RCM
Transmission rate	LTE(Mbps) 10(Down)/5(UP)
	EDGE(Kbps) 236.8(Down)/236.8(UP)
	GPRS(Kbps) 85.6(Down)/85.6(UP)
Network protocol	MQTT /TCP (Both are available)
Slave Protocol Power consumption	UART (Or CAN/RS485) Mold 0.23w/ 36v10Ah battery for 65.2days
	Mold 0.021w/ 36v10Ah battery for 1.5 year
IP Waterproof	IP68 (All Glue)

5. Main Functions of Gofunow's Partner Scootable Software System.

First Contact

Customers choose the shared vehicles (from our partners) & agree to work with us.

Now we take over!

IoTs on the vehicles are forwarded to our servers.

We customize the App according to the customers’ logo, brand, color, local payment system, language and legal regulations.

Time to launch

After a short test period, the App is available for the end user.

6. Admin Dashboard

Battery Monitoring

The battery status of scooters, e-bikes or other devices connected to the system is constantly monitored and the batteries that need to be replaced are detected.

Signal / Fault Tracking

Devices that do not signal or give malfunction signals are tracked and added to the intervention list.

Real Time Tracking

You can track the scooters instantly on the Dashboard and make the necessary interventions.

Heat Map

Users' driving data is continuously collected and analyzed. You can plan your operation more efficiently with this data.

Payment Transactions

Driving amounts are automatically deducted from the user's registered card. However, in case of insufficient balance, in the following days, you can also withdraw payment from the user's registered card via the management panel.

7.How to start your own scooter sharing business?

* Get permission or licence from your local authorities so that you can set up a team to start the business.

* Get to know the rules from your transportation dept. so that we can customize scooters and bikes accordingly.

* How many people needed to run this business?

-1 guy in street take care scooters: battery changes, parking.

-1 programmer in front of laptop to check the user app, the back-end system. Track scooter status and coordinate the guy in the street.

-1 technician to repair and test scooters before put them on streets.

* Test your Software by getting one sample scooter from Gofunow Software Solutions

-A. To use Scootable APP and Platform for small trial fleet.

-B. To buy Gofunow API (communication protocol, source code) for fleet over 200pc.

-C. To buy full set software from Scootable for fleet over 1000pc.

9.Timeline to start your own Sharing business?

-Buyer makes sample order to test APP and back-end platform, takes 4 weeks

-Buyer places official order for factory to start production and customization, takes 5 weeks.

-Factory ships scooters by sea, takes 5 weeks.

-Buyer get new scooters to check everything before launching, takes 1 week.

10.What is Gofunow Payment term?----Payment Terms: 50%+50%

1. Confirm order details with all requirement for software and hardware and then sign a sales contract.

2. Pay 50% deposit to let Gofunow factory prepare frames, motors and other parts and to assemble and pack.

3. Pay 50% balance payment when production is completed, and send someone to do inspection in our factory.

4. the goods will be shipped after inspection. will on the sea about 30 days arrived to the destination port.

11.Is it possible to buy a sample to test?

Yes. You can buy a sample to test. Sample costs us$600-us$700/pc.

When you receive the sample scooter, all you have to do is to download “WeRide” APP. And scan QR to unlock the scooter, there you can ride and test immediately.

Next step is to connect the scooter with your server, we will guide you how to do it.

12.Why Gofunow scooter and software is so expensive?

If the scooter is not good enough, you have to do maintenance all the time.

If the software is immature and unstable, it will give users bad experiences.

A qualified scooter can work 24 hours and make money for you.

We are not selling you a scooter, we are selling you a money machine.

When you have it, you will be a service provider, like telecom company, everyone

will pay you once they use your service.

The software was developed several years with many hours a day and more than

USD500,000 to spend on it. If you want to develop a software from scratch, you

also need 6-12months with a team of 3 engineers. When your software is done, the

market and timing is gone.

13.Can Gofunow make the scooter cheaper and affordable?

Yes. we can. If the scooter uses low-cost battery, in-efficient motor, of course it will

be CHEAP. Low cost means low performance and you need to charge every 2

hours. Once the scooter is damaged you need to repair frequently.

From our knowledge, the scooter must be very strong and well-built and durable.

Because most users are rough, violent and treat the public scooters badly.

Gofunow sharing scooters are specially designed for Ride-share solution only.

Main frame can use 2 years and battery can work more than 1 year even 10 hours

working a day. We paid double cost for the frame, motor and best quality of battery.

And we spent hours to test it before shipping from our factory.

14.How to charge the battery?

You can set up fixed location for return and each location is equipped with charging port. When returned, the scooter must be connected with charger. Otherwise, the rental will not stop and still calculate the cost. So user will be forced to charge for you. we have swappable battery, one worker can take 50 batteries to replace.

15.How to protect scooters from being stolen?

We have GPS Tracking system and each scooter is built-in a GPS tracking device that is powered by battery inside scooter. Once the scooter is lost, the tracking platform can show its location and you can find it back.

16.Why have to send Gofunow the Micro Sim Card?

1. Our scooter is designed for waterproof, especially the head cover. SIM Card is put inside the head cover and closed by ultrasonic sealing which is waterproof. There is a risk of being damaged if people open the IOT box without right tool or proper guidance.

2. We put your local SIM Card into our iOT module and test it with our devices. To make sure it can work with our server without any problem, so that it can work well at your end.

3. Micro SIM card needs to be provided by customers for each IOT module in bulk. It takes time and skills to do assembly, customers would be happy to let us factory do the job.

4. SIM card must be activated with global roaming and comes with APN code. APN is "access point of name", must be provided by your 2G/4G network operator.