E-scooters will remain a scarce commodity in Auckland over the holiday period as Beam and Jump confirm their official launches won't take place until the new year.

Flamingo is the only e-scooter rental service operating in the city after Auckland Council cancelled Wave and Lime's licences in November over safety concerns.

After the popular brands were pulled from the streets, the number of e-scooters available for hire in Auckland fell by nearly three-quarters, from 1800 to 525.

Injuries relating to electric scooters had cost Auckland's healthcare system more than $1 million between Lime's launch in October 2018 and April 2019.

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ROSA WOODS/STUFF Jump e-scooters won't hit Auckland footpaths until 2020.

Singapore-based micro-mobility company Neuron, which was granted a licence at the same time as Beam and Jump, is yet to announce when it will begin offering services in the City of Sails.

A Beam spokesman said its scooters were expected to arrive in Auckland on December 22 and it would have them on the streets as soon as possible after training staff and testing the scooters.

"Owing to the holiday period we will scale up our fleet slowly, with an official launch in early January a few weeks after our first scooters hit the ground."

A spokesman for Jump, which is owned by rideshare company Uber, said it would provide an update on when its scooters would hit pavements in the new year.

After Beam, Flamingo, Jump and Neuron launch, up to 3200 rental e-scooters will be on streets across Auckland.

SUPPLIED/JUMP Jump's New Zealand general manager Henry Greenacre rides one of the company's e-bikes, which are launching in Auckland next year.

On Tuesday, Jump announced it would bring a new transport option to Auckland in 2020 – dockless electric bikes.

"E-scooters are not for everyone, or for every trip. With e-bikes, Aucklanders will now have an option for longer journeys, or a journey where they need to carry some shopping. The more choice Aucklanders have, the more they are able to leave their car at home, helping create a more sustainable and enjoyable city," Jump's New Zealand general manager Henry Greenacre said.

The company was working closely with Auckland Council on both initiatives, he said, however, an exact date for the launch of the e-bikes was yet to be revealed.

Greenacre said Jump's second generation e-scooters had larger wheels, improved suspension and brakes and a lower centre of gravity, which made them safer and more comfortable.

Riders will be able to hire the e-scooters and e-bikes through the Uber app.

FLAMINGO A Flamingo scooter on Auckland's pink bike path.

Flamingo is also expanding its Auckland fleet from 525 e-scooters to 635. Nearly all of the extra e-scooters will be placed in the CBD.

Its scooters are currently available in central suburbs – from Mt Albert and Mt Roskill in the west to Glendowie – and parts of the North Shore, including Takapuna and Glenfield.