Brisbane City Council has cancelled its contract with e-scooter company Beam after a tip from a whistleblower suggested it had "significantly" under-reported the size of its fleet.
"There was over 222,000 occasions between July 2023 and July 2024 where they did not report all hireable devices."A Beam spokesperson said the company disagreed with Brisbane City Council's claims and that cancelling the contract was "highly premature".Last week Auckland City Council accused Beam of concealing "intentional anomalies" that would have revealed it was running larger fleets than safety caps allowed.
"Limits on e-scooter numbers are in place for the safety of other road and footpath users and to minimise nuisance in and around our city," the statement said. "As previously announced, Beam has appointed external advisers to manage an independent audit process, to examine the issues that have been raised regarding Beam's fleet management system.