Electric scooter company, Neuron Mobility, is officially starting its first Victorian e-scooter trial in Ballarat.

Having already launched in Darwin, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra, Singaporean electric scooter company, Neuron Mobility, is officially starting its first Victorian e-scooter trial in Ballarat.

With a fleet of 250 e-scooters, Ballarat will undergo a 12-month trial to test the viability of semi-autonomous electric scooters as a means of alternative transport around the city.

All payments for the e-scooters will be done through the Neuron App.

Unlocking a scooter is an automatic $1 fee, and the ride costs 45 cents per minute - a 20 minute ride would cost $10.

There are daily, weekly and monthly passes available in the app, which can reduce costs for regular riders.

Geofencing technology will implement the speed cap of 20km/h on all scooters, automatically slow down the scooter in slow-speed and no-riding zones, and prevent scooters from being parked where they are not permitted.

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City of Ballarat Mayor Daniel Moloney acknowledges that this will hardly be a flawless process, but to him that is almost the point.

"We could wait until every other city around the state has done it and iron out every single bug, or we can be one of those cities prepared to do something a bit different, prepared to deal with issues as they emerge and find ways around them because that's how you become a city that's innovative and really does position itself to do things differently," Cr Moloney said.

Police will be regulating the e-scooters. No licence will be required to ride. However, riders must be over 18 and wear a helmet. Blood alcohol and drug driving restrictions will apply and anyone in breach of these alcohol and drug restrictions will face heavy fines or risk losing their licence.

To ensure safety of pedestrians, e-scooters will not be able to be ridden on footpaths during the trial. E-scooters will be only permitted in bicycle lanes, on shared paths, and on lower speed roads up to 50km/h within the 25 square kilometre riding area.

The riding area includes Ballarat Central, Ballarat North, Lake Wendouree, Eureka, Golden Point, and Redan.

Committee for Ballarat CEO, Michael Poulton is excited about the prospects for Ballarat's shared transport systems.

"This is a well thought through plan, this is not going to be the disaster we saw in Melbourne (with rental bikes)," he said.

While there are safety concerns, Head of ANZ at Neuron Mobility Richard Hannah says the vehicles themselves are made to prioritise safety.

A Scoot Safe event is happening on Sturt Street Wednesday between 11am-2pm as well as over the coming weekend.

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