| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Bicycle-sharing |
| Location: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Founder: | Sean Flood |
The Gotcha Group LLC, doing business as Gotcha, is an electric bike and scooter-sharing company based in Charleston, South Carolina. Gotcha began operating bike share systems on college campuses in the United States and later expanded to scooter-sharing and other electric vehicles such as electric trike scooters.
Gotcha first offered dockless bike sharing systems on college campuses and certain housing developments, and later offered taxi-like rides in electric vehicles for select markets.[1] As scooters became popular, Gotcha expanded to scooters in some markets.[2] Citing caution about the long-term durability of light-weight two-wheeled scooters, Gotcha began expanding service to electric trike scooters which it believed were more durable, and would allow two riders at a time.[3] [4]
Gotcha continues to be based in Charleston, South Carolina, and also has offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and San Francisco.[5]
Gotcha offers bikes, scooters, and rides in electric vehicles to various areas, and has announced electric trike service in certain areas. Because the company operates its bike and scooter share systems in conjunction with other organizations, the rates of service vary, but typically include a per-mile rate and sometimes an initial usage fee. In markets where rides in Gotcha's taxi-like electric vehicle service are available during certain hours of operation, rides are available at a flat-rate.
In addition to current areas of operations, Gotcha has announced service for the following localities and educational institutions: Little Rock, Arkansas;Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky; Syracuse, New York and; Villanova University.