A spokesperson for the company said after reviewing its New Zealand operations over the past several months, it did not forecast enough demand for operations to restart in Whanganui on a seasonal basis.
Beam pulled out of Palmerston North in December but remains in Whangārei, Auckland, Queenstown, Porirua, Wellington, Napier, Taupō and Tauranga.
A Whanganui District Council spokesperson said it would welcome another e-scooter operator setting up in the city because “e-mobility has a place in modern urban transportation”.
Mike Tweed is an assistant news director and multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chronicle. Since starting in March 2020, he has dabbled in everything from sport to music. At present his focus is local government, primarily the Whanganui District Council.