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March 4, 2025

Bolt partners with Forest as e-bike rivalry with Uber's Lime heats up

Lime announced a £20m investment into London market last month

UK startup Forest will rent its e-bikes out via ride hailing scaleup Bolt’s app from next week, as it looks to ramp up efforts to challenge Uber’s Lime in the race to dominate London’s streets.

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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