The Solution
Easily accessible and eco-efficient transportation
Beyond offers a monthly subscription service that grants users access to a fleet of highly portable electric scooters and foldable ebikes. These vehicles are small enough to be carried on mass transit, efficient enough to travel the entire length of Manhattan on a single battery charge, and powerful enough to charge a phone along the way.
Onboard gyroscopes, accelerometers and GPS communicate with Beyond’s web app to help riders plot optimized routes throughout the city.
“The trip from home to the office is usually very inefficient,” said Manuel Saez, CEO and founder of Beyond. “We really thought we could better design the commuting experience.”
A large part of that design focuses squarely on sustainability. Each of Beyond’s vehicles is constructed with 40% fewer parts than similar bikes and scooters. This means that each vehicle requires fewer resources to produce, making them more environmentally efficient in construction and easier to maintain. The entire vehicle can also be easily recycled at the end of its functional lifespan.
Beyond has gone one step further to extend that lifespan by refurbishing portions of its fleet as it ages. When a vehicle nears the end of its usability, Beyond’s team of engineers will rehabilitate the devices with new parts and equipment, effectively doubling the potential lifetime mileage of each of these bikes and scooters.
This production model, designed with an eye toward sustainability, means each vehicle produces 33x fewer emissions per 7500 miles than a car.
“Maximizing the useful life of our products means minimizing their environmental impact,” said Saez.