Vancouver, Wash., Scooter Makambani Akawedzera Mukurumbira

(TNS) - Makambani maviri matsva mudhorobha reVancouver magetsi scooter makambani ari kupa zano nyowani nyowani yekuwana zvakachengeteka Vancouver mukufamba kwedenda.

Electrical-scooter rental firm uye mutengesi Zoot Scoot, padhuze naEsther Quick Park, uye mumwe mumwe mutengesi, Rev Rides, padhuze neBriz Mortgage & Guitar paWashington Road, vese vanoona kubudirira nekutengesa kwakanyanya mwaka uno wezhizha.

Jason Adams neumwe wake, Kristie Means, vakavhura Zoot Scoot kutanga kwaJune muna 812 Columbia St. Pamberi pekuvhura, akatya nezvekutanga bhizimusi idzva pakati pehosha iyi. Zvisinei akaona kuti zvaive mukana wekutakura zororo risingadhuri kuenda kudhorobha panguva iyo nzvimbo zhinji dzevaraidzo dzavharwa.

"Pakutanga, ndanga ndichifunga nezvekuiisa pamusoro pekuchengetedza nekuda kwe COVID-19," akadaro Adams. "Zvisinei ini ndaifunga kuti yaive mhando yakanaka kwazvo yezororo asi zvichingotevera zvinongedzo zvemagariro."

Zoot Scoot inopa mafuta-tire e-scooter leases uye kwakakomba kutengesa. Ivo vanowanikwa kuti varease kwemadhora makumi maviri paawa, kana $ 20 yezuva racho. Scooter ane mamaira makumi mana akasiyana, achibvumidza tarisiro yekuona yakawanda yeVancouver. Zvibvumirano zvinogona kuitwa pamutsetse pa zootscoot.web kana parunhare.

Adams akataura kuti mae-scooter anofanirwa kushandiswa mukati mebhasikoro chete uye haatomboite munzira. Ngowani dzinopihwa neZoot Scoot uye e-scooter inogona kuwanikwa yekutenga pamadhora 1,695 ese.

Adams akataura mhinduro iyi yanga iri inoshamisa, uye iro boka rakavagamuchira. Mukati memavhiki mashanu ekutanga ekuvhura, akatenga zvinhu makumi mashanu zvaaive nazvo mukuverenga, uye marezenisi anoenderera kudzoka mukati.

"Ini ndaida kuichengeta isingadhuri kuitira kuti vanhu vagone kuzvifadza pamwe nekumanikidzwa kwemari, kunyanya munguva yakaita seino," akadaro Adams.

Akataura makambani mazhinji eko akauya kuzoratidza rubatsiro. Vavakidzani vake vakatevera musuwo kuDoppelganger vakahaya scooter sere kune mushandi anobuda mwaka uno wezhizha.

“Ndiko kumusha kwangu. Ndinodada nekuita hafu yangu mukushandira kunzvimbo yedu kukura, ”akadaro Adams.

REV Vatasvi

Nathan Pust akatamisa bhizinesi rake REV Rides, iro rinomirira Leisure Electrical Automobiles, kunze kwekuchengetera kwake muSalmon Creek kuenda kunzvimbo nyowani yedhorobha pa500 Washington St., izere nemusangano uye showroom.

Muna Gumiguru wa2018, Pust akatanga REV Rides mushure mekunge atanga kuwana mukati mekutengesa achishanya kuAsia uye achiona kuzivikanwa kwemagetsi emagetsi ipapo.

"Ini pachangu ndaida imwe uye ini nguva dzese ndaida kutanga bhizinesi rangu chairo," akadaro Adams. "Ndakaona pakange pasina vatengesi vema sikuta mukati meU.S. uye ndikaona paine musika ipapo."

Anoda kusvika makore maviri gare gare, Pust yakafambisa REV Rides mudhorobha kusimudzira sarudzo hombe yemafaro emagetsi emagetsi, pamwe chete nema-stand-up scooter, tsvina mabhasikoro uye maunicycle. Uye zvakare ivo vanopa kuchengetedza mukati memusangano inosunganidzwa kuimba yekuratidzira.

"Tiri chikamu cheboka rinotyisa pasi pano, uye rakanyatsobatsirwa nekuvapo kwedu," akadaro Pust.

Mazhinji emabhizimusi ePust anouya nenzira yekutengesa kwakakura munyika yese. Anopa vanotengesa makumi matatu neshanu nemotokari dzemagetsi uye anotengesa zvigadzirwa pa-revrides.com kune tarisiro muSeattle, San Francisco neNew York. Mamiriro ezvinhu mudhorobha akavhurika yekutengesa kwakakura uye kuchengetedza nekugadzwa chete.

Pust akataura haana kuona kurwa kwakawanda pakati pebhizimusi rake neAdams. Anotenda kuti mumwe nemumwe anogona kubudirira mudhorobha reVancouver.

"Sezvo isu tanga tichive tese tichivhura nekuchinja muJason takasvika pano tikazvizivisa," Adams akataura. “Iye murume akanaka zvikuru; takataura nezvehurongwa hwebhizimusi redu uye handione kuwanda kuzhinji. ”

Pust yakataurwa bhizinesi yakawedzera mukati mekutengesa mukati meiyo denda, nekutengesa kwakapetwa zvakapetwa uye zvakapetwa katatu.

Pust naMinon Minnieweather, Rev Rides 'mutengi anobatsira nyanzvi, aive nedzidziso shoma pamusoro pekudiwa kwakanyanya: Vanhu vanofinhwa kugara mudzimba uye kutsvaga mhando dzinotakura nharaunda.

Minnieweather akacherekedza kuti chekutanga kukurudzira imari zvikonzero. Motokari dzemagetsi dzekuzorora dzinoda kuchengetedzwa zvishoma, kudzikisa mitengo yemafuta uye yekupaka uye dzimwe nguva dzinodhura kupfuura mota yeava vanoshuvira kuti vasasvike padanho revanhu mukati medenda.

"Zvino imba yemunhu wese, vane nguva ikozvino yekufunga mashandiro uye mutengo wemitengo yavo," akadaro Minnieweather. "Kune chimwe chinhu chinonzwisisika asi zvakare chimwe chinonakidza pachiri."

Adams anotarisira kushandisa kukwira kumusoro mukati mekutengesa mota dzemagetsi kuti awane zvinangwa zvake zvenguva refu zvekutengesa bhizinesi rake. Anoronga kuvhura yechipiri Zoot Scoot muScottsdale, Ariz., Muna Gumiguru.

"Zvese zvinoenderana nemwaka," akadaro Adams. "Kana mvura ikauya zvakare kuNorth West, inodonha kusvika 85 muArizona uye ndimo mushure mekushuvira kwavo kunze."

Pust nevashandi vake paREV Rides vese vanotora mukana murwendo rweboka remota dzemagetsi Svondo yega yega.

Akataura kuti yanga iri zano rakanaka kubuda mumba uye kuona vanhu.

"Iyi yemafaro emagetsi emota yakachena uye yakanyarara," akadaro Pust. "Uchakwanisa kunzwa shiri dzese uye uchanyatsonzwa kufefeterwa nemhepo."

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