
Technology is helping transform the future of urban transportation by influencing what mobility will look like, and how it will impact the modern city-scape. A recent article by Forbes Technology Council explained that there is a shared consensus around the four key features of future mobility: shared, hybrid, autonomous and electric. The next question becomes, what will mobility services will be available in the coming years? We have done some research to help breakdown the different perspectives on shared mobility as a mode of transportation in the future.
Why electric?

By 2040, electric cars will outsell gasoline-powered cars
Recently consumers have shifted their interest towards electric vehicles as a more sustainable and environmentally conscious option for long-distance travel. Predictions expect electric vehicles to surpass traditional combustion cars within the next 20 years, with 57% of passenger vehicles and more than 30% of global passenger vehicle fleet sales being electric by 2040. With this growth also comes a need for additional charging infrastructure to allow the vehicles to travel further over long distances. Currently there are about 13,000 electric vehicle fast charging stations across the US, compared to roughly 332,000 gas stations. Companies such as Volkswagon, GM and Tesla, have announced they are working on creating charging that will help drive sales in the future. Successful expansion into the market will require cities to develop smart plans that accommodate the needs of electric mobility.
Why shared?
Shared mobility has grown extensively since Uber (2009) and Lyft (2012) first entered the market. More and more operators continue to emerge worldwide, offering at least one ridesharing service to people in over 700 cities. These services are expected to expand even further in the future as a result of increased urbanization, as well as growing concerns around sustainability, economic stability and emissions. A report by the Internet of Things’ analyst firm, Berg Insights, found the number of car-sharing service users will grow from 50.4 million people in 2018 to 227.1 million people in 2023. Offering mobility as a service is helping reduce the number of single-use vehicles on the road, lending itself to a more functional form of travel.
Why autonomous?
A major challenge facing urban drivers is the issue of congestion and traffic jams. In some metropolitan cities, such as London, the problem lead to the enforcement of congestion charges in their most heavily populated neighbourhoods. In effect since 2003, these charges have helped reduce traffic by 30%, will simultaneously generating funds for the city. But is that enough? Autonomous vehicles are believed to be the next step in reducing congestion. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge found that when a fleet of autonomous vehicles are effectively communicating, keeping traffic moving smoothly, congestion rates could be reduced by 35%.
Why hybrid?
Micro-mobility is the use of small mobility devices, designed to carry one or two people, or ‘last-mile’ deliveries. This goes hand-in-hand with the rising interest in e-scooters and e-bikes that have seen exceptional sales growth in recent years. The combination of electric with single-use, lightweight vehicles is expected to surpass traditional modes of transportation. In their annual technology, media and telecommunications predictions, Deloitte predicted more than 130 million e-bikes will be sold between 2020 and 2023. Compared to the 1.8 million sold in Europe and 185,000 in the US during 2013, this significant increase suggests that e-bikes and other technology like it are the future of mobility.
How are city’s supporting?
Cities across the world have begun adapting strategies to assist with the future of urban mobility. Being the leader in reducing traffic, Singapore introduced Area licencing Scheme in 1975, enforcing a daily toll charge of $3 or $60 monthly for cars entering a central zone area during peak hours. The city experienced success resulting in fewer cars entering the zone during peak hours, a 35 percent increase in carpools and a minimum of $500 million saved by the city that could be used towards infrastructure improvements. The system has since been updated to an Electrical Road Pricing system in order to match the changing demands of the city’s core.
San Francisco has yet to enforce congestion pricing for its traffic heavy neighbourhoods, however, research is being conducted to determine the best solutions for the city. The Emerging Mobility Evaluation Report by the San Francisco Transportation Authority found 90 percent of all motor vehicle collisions are caused by human error, with approximately 80 percent involving some level of inattention. This has lead to a shift towards alternative modes of mobility and potential pilot projects within the city core. San Francisco has become known for its low income bike share programs. Launching in 2013 the Bay Area Bike Share Pilot requires at least 20% of stations be located in low-income communities, with an estimated 320 stations and 4,500 in 2017. Data collected by the Bike-sharing Blog estimates there are twice as many bike-sharing programs in the world as there were in 2014, with nearly 20 times more bikes available for public use.
The doors have opened for industry leaders to start making innovations within auto-mobility, influencing the modern city-scape. In addition to placing restrictions on heavily congested areas, the city of Helsinki has focused its efforts on improving the existing infrastructure and transportation options to encourage people to utilize other modes of mobility. A leader in mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platforms, the city plans to replace 2.3 billion urban private car journeys annually by 2023. One of the ways it’s begun to accomplish this is through the app Whim. An app developed specifically for Helsinki, Whim provides access to all of the city’s mobility options through a monthly subscription. The future of mobility is at people’s fingertips.
What’s next?
Cities around the world are beginning to explore the possibilities of e-scooters as a means to travel short distances too far to comfortably walk, as well as a potential solution towards reducing the reliance on cars. The city of Tallahassee launched a pilot program in partnership with five major e-scooter companies: Bird, Lime, VeoRide, Spin and Gotch. The purpose is to determine solutions for the major problems being faced, but to also help develop good ridership habits. The companies deployed 200 e-scooters, each capable of travelling 15 mph, under new legislation that allows them to be treated the same as bicycles. With the success of programs such as this, and companies making pledging to maintain social responsibility for user safety, e-scooters as a primary mode of mobility are on the rise.
Nuro, a self-driving start-up, is one of the few companies to currently have a fleet of fully driverless vehicles operating on public roads. In February 2019, the company secured roughly $1 billion in additional funding from SoftBank allowing them to partner with the grocery-store chain Kroeger’s for a pilot project. The pilot service has been delivering groceries in Houston, Texas since March 2019, with expansions to include other goods like Domino's Pizza and Walmart products. As of right now the fleet stands at about 75 vehicles, with plans to go public in 2020. By introducing fully automated vehicles into the market, the number of people on the road will be reduced, optimizing efficiency and offering greater protection from potential collisions or incidents.

Nuro self-driving vehicle
In addition to reducing traffic in major cities, mobility companies are also focusing their resources on addressing concerns of energy consumption and emissions. The smart scooter mobility company, Gogoro, aims to leverage the power of technology in order to change the way technology is consumed and transform how cities operate to improve sustainability. Their first fleet of smart scooters launched in 2015, delivering a high performance electric riding experience to uses in Taiwan. The company also established a network known as the Gogoro Energy Network in Taipei offers more than 1,581 battery swap stations and supports over 199,478 battery exchanges every day. In Europe, a fleet of 3,500 emissionless smart scooters were released across three major countries in 2018, helping reduce CO2 emissions by 123,655 tons and displacing more than 58,731,863 liters of gasoline. By leveraging technological progress and innovations in modern infrastructure, Gogoro is becoming a leader in transportation solutions.

Electric scooter Gogoro with swappable batteries
Companies, like Tortoise, are looking to expand the capabilities of scooters even further by introducing fleets that can move autonomously across a city and reposition themselves, without a rider. The goal is to tackle the biggest challenge currently facing operators: relocating scooters. Tortoise plans to use autonomous technology combined with teleoperation to reposition and rebalance dockless, shared e-scooters in cities. The initial deployment will include between 50 to 100 scooters per operator in each market with the intention to equip every fleet with the ability to autonomously reposition themselves. Autonomous micro-mobility like e-scooters and e-bikes are believed to be the start for creating smarter, more technologically advanced cities.
How can we help?
As both industry leaders and cities around the world are finding new ways to support the rising trend of micro-mobility, we at ATOM Mobility want to help entrepreneurs looking to enter the market. We believe that shared mobility is the future of transportation, offering assistance with integrating industry-leading vehicles ready for shared mobility, including kick scooters, scooters, bikes, mopeds, cars and more. Our customers have an excellent grasp on the current needs of local markets, and we allow them to focus on marketing and operations, while taking care of the technology.
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📆🚗 Managing vehicle availability is now easier than ever. Each rental vehicle can now have its own availability schedule, allowing operators or vehicle owners to define exactly when it can be booked. Keep vehicles available 24/7, create recurring weekly schedules, configure multiple unavailable periods, and make one-time availability changes directly from the calendar - all while preventing conflicts with existing bookings.
Managing vehicle availability has become much more flexible. With the new Vehicle availability calendar, every rental vehicle now has its own availability schedule, allowing operators or vehicle owners to define exactly when a vehicle can be booked.
By default, vehicles remain available 24/7, but operators can switch to a custom schedule and configure recurring unavailable periods or make one-time availability adjustments directly from the calendar.
Key capabilities
📅 24/7 availability by default
Newly added vehicles are automatically available around the clock. No additional setup is required.
🔄 Recurring weekly availability schedules
Configure custom weekly availability for each individual vehicle by defining one or multiple unavailable periods for every day of the week.
Navigation:
Vehicles → Select vehicle → Edit → Set availability
⚙️ Multiple unavailable periods per day
Need to block vehicles for maintenance, charging, cleaning, or personal use? Add as many unavailable time slots as needed for each day.
📆 One-time availability changes
Override the recurring schedule for a specific date without affecting the permanent weekly configuration. Perfect for holidays, temporary maintenance, or special events.
Navigation:
Vehicles → Calendar view → Click any available or unavailable time slot to add or edit
🔴 Visual availability overview
Unavailable periods are highlighted directly in the vehicle calendar, making it easy to identify when a vehicle can or cannot be booked.
🛡️ Booking conflict protection
To prevent scheduling issues, the system validates every availability change. If the selected period overlaps with an existing booking, the update cannot be saved and the operator will receive an error informing them that a booking already exists for that time.

How it works
The feature combines two layers of availability:
- Recurring schedule – the vehicle's permanent weekly availability pattern.
- Calendar exceptions – one-time changes that apply only to a specific date without modifying the recurring schedule.
For example, if a vehicle is normally unavailable every Wednesday from 10:00–12:00, you can temporarily extend, edit or reduce availability for a single Wednesday while leaving all future Wednesdays unchanged.
Why it matters
P2P rental businesses often manage vehicles with different owner preferences and operating hours. This feature gives operators the flexibility to support virtually any availability scenario while keeping bookings accurate and preventing scheduling conflicts.
Whether you're managing a small peer-to-peer fleet or thousands of rental vehicles, the new vehicle availability calendar makes availability management significantly easier and more reliable.

📲 Choosing mobility software is a decision that can shape your business. 🔍 This review takes a deeper look at ATOM Mobility, covering how the platform works, 💰 its pricing model, 🔌 hardware flexibility, 🤝 customer support, and 🚀 the types of operators it's built for.
Choosing mobility software is a long-term decision. Once a platform is integrated into daily operations, replacing it can take months and require significant time and resources. That's why it's worth looking beyond feature lists and understanding how a platform performs in practice.
ATOM Mobility has become the leading white-label mobility platform for operators launching and scaling vehicle-sharing, car rental, and ride-hailing businesses. This review covers how the platform works, how its pricing is structured, what customers say about it, and the types of businesses it's best suited for.
What is ATOM Mobility?
ATOM Mobility is a white-label SaaS platform built specifically for mobility businesses.
Instead of developing software in-house, operators can launch their own branded mobility service using an established platform that already includes the infrastructure needed to run daily operations.
The platform brings together three products:
- Vehicle sharing
- Digital car rental
- Ride-hailing and taxi services
All three run on the same technology, allowing operators to manage multiple mobility services without maintaining separate software platforms.
Pricing: simple and built to scale
ATOM Mobility uses a transparent pricing model based on a one-time implementation fee followed by a subscription that scales with the business. The exact cost depends on the products, integrations, and level of customization required, but customers know what is included from the start, without unexpected licensing costs or hidden platform fees.
Compared to building proprietary software or purchasing enterprise mobility platforms, ATOM Mobility can be up to five times more affordable, depending on the project and deployment requirements.
What's included in the platform?
The rider app is an important part but not the only service on the platform. Customers use the mobile app to register, verify their identity, locate nearby vehicles, unlock them, make payments, purchase subscriptions, and manage bookings.
Operators manage the business through a web dashboard that provides access to fleet monitoring, pricing, reservations, customer management, payments, analytics, maintenance workflows, reporting, promotions, and day-to-day operations.
For fleet management, ATOM Mobility also offers a dedicated Operator app, designed to help teams manage vehicles, tasks, damages, and routes while on the go.
Companies offering ride-hailing services also receive a dedicated driver app, allowing drivers to accept rides, navigate trips, and track their earnings within the same ecosystem.
Altogether, the platform includes more than 300 features and 100+ integrations designed specifically for mobility operators, allowing businesses to launch 8-15 times faster than building comparable software from scratch.
What does hardware-agnostic mean?
One of ATOM Mobility's biggest advantages is its hardware flexibility. The platform works with numerous IoT providers and vehicle manufacturers, meaning operators are not locked into a single hardware supplier.
For example, if a business decides to replace its smart locks or expand its fleet with vehicles from another manufacturer, it doesn't need to replace the software platform as well. This gives operators more flexibility as their business evolves and reduces the risk of becoming dependent on a single hardware vendor. To name just a few, ATOM Mobility already supports integrations with Segway, Teltonika, Acton, Omni, Okai, Fitrider, Freego, Zimo, Marti, Comodule, Hongji, Yadea, NIU, NEXT, Geotab, Acacus, INVERS, Velco, Navee, Vaimoo, Dynasys, 2hire, Sentinel, Linka, and many others.
Customer support
Launching a mobility business often requires close collaboration between the operator and the software provider, particularly during implementation and expansion.
ATOM Mobility provides support through email, WhatsApp, and scheduled calls with a dedicated team that has worked together for several years. Rather than speaking with a different representative every time, customers build relationships with specialists who become familiar with their business and operational goals. For urgent or business-critical matters, customers can also communicate directly with company leadership, including the CEO when needed.
What customers say
ATOM Mobility has received consistently positive reviews on Capterra, where customers frequently highlight both the quality of the platform and the team behind it.
Some of the reviews describe ATOM Mobility as:
"ATOM is an exceptional app developer."
"Clear communication and good service."
"Atom has been a reliable partner to us for 3 seasons now."
"Great Partnership with the ATOM Team."
"Reliable Partner with Great Support and Continuous Improvements."
Across the reviews, the same themes appear repeatedly: responsive communication, long-term partnerships, and continuous product development.
Who is ATOM Mobility best suited for?
ATOM Mobility is designed for companies that want to launch, operate, or scale a mobility business without spending years developing proprietary software. The platform is ideal for entrepreneurs launching their first mobility service, SMEs entering the shared mobility market, established operators expanding into new cities or mobility verticals, and fleet operators managing anywhere from a single vehicle to more than 10,000 vehicles who need a modern, feature-rich platform at a reasonable cost.
Because the platform is white-label, operators keep full control over their branding, pricing strategy, and customer experience while relying on technology that has already been proven across more than 80 different markets.
Who isn't it for?
ATOM Mobility is built specifically for vehicle sharing, car rental, and ride-hailing businesses. Companies such as Uber, Bolt, Lime, and Voi have invested hundreds of millions of dollars and many years into developing proprietary software, creating platforms that are deeply integrated into their operations. While replacing such systems could potentially deliver commercial benefits, the migration effort, operational risk, and loss of flexibility that comes with owning and customizing their own technology make a complete platform switch unlikely. As a result, these companies typically continue investing in their in-house platforms rather than adopting third-party software.
Similarly, companies looking to build software outside the mobility sector or develop entirely different types of platforms may find that ATOM Mobility's feature set is too focused on its core products.
Pros and potential limitations
Like any software platform, ATOM Mobility has strengths as well as situations where another approach may be a better fit.
Pros
- White-label platform covering vehicle sharing, car rental, and ride-hailing.
- More than 300 mobility-focused features.
- 100+ ready-to-use integrations.
- Transparent pricing with no hidden platform fees.
- Hardware-agnostic architecture that supports multiple IoT providers.
- openAPI access.
- ATOM Academy access - educational resources for mobility entrepreneurs.
- Dedicated support team with direct communication channels.
- Proven by operators across multiple markets.
Potential limitations
- Designed specifically for mobility businesses rather than other industries.
- Companies with highly customised proprietary software may not benefit from switching.
- Global operators that have already invested heavily (Uber, Bolt) in their own engineering teams are unlikely to replace their existing platforms.
For startups, SMEs, and growing mobility operators, ATOM Mobility offers a practical alternative to building software in-house. The platform combines three mobility products in a single ecosystem, supports a wide range of hardware providers, and includes the operational tools needed to launch and scale a business. Beyond the technology itself, customers gain access to ATOM Academy - industry expertise, best practices, and educational resources, helping them avoid common mistakes and build a successful mobility business faster.
It isn't intended to replace proprietary platforms developed by companies such as Uber or Bolt, nor is it designed for businesses outside the mobility sector. For operators looking for an established white-label platform backed by long-term customer support and continuous product development, ATOM Mobility is a solution worth considering.


