Initial Fastport deployments will launch this year in select university campus markets and major metropolitan areas across the U.S., “supporting the growing need for efficient, purpose-built vehicles in dense urban settings.”

Bird and Spin are two established shared micro-mobility brands, operating e-scooter and e-bike programs in more than 200 cities worldwide. “The partnership between Bird and Fastport is really about bringing a zero-emissions fleet to support vision zero goals in a way that’s more economical for our business, truly a win-win-win,” said Stewart Lyons, CEO of Third Lane Mobility, parent company of Bird and Spin. “The vehicles we use in the field are integral in supporting cities to achieve their most critical transportation goals.”

Bird and Spin field teams will use the eQuad for battery swapping, vehicle rebalancing (moving scooters and e-bikes throughout the campus and city to ensure availability where and when riders need them), and routine maintenance. “A significant portion of field operations for shared micro-mobility platforms like Bird and Spin are concentrated in the densest corridors of cities, where teams make frequent stops and operate continuously throughout the day. The Fastport eQuad is engineered to address precisely these challenges. The eQuad’s compact four-wheel footprint enables operators to navigate compact urban environments more efficiently than traditional commercial vehicles, engineered to reduce dwell times at each stop, move nimbly through traffic and complete more tasks per shift,” the companies said in a release.