As if the recent D.C. debut of Mobike, Spin and LimeBike weren’t enough, now a fourth dockless bikeshare company has added its bikes to the mix of rentable bikes that have arrived in D.C. in the last month.

JUMP bikes are enabled with electric motors that aid manual pedaling. The electronic motors are designed to work in tandem with the pedaling power that the user is applying, so that if the bike renter pedals harder to go faster or get up over a hill the motor also increases its output. (Baltimore’s bikeshare debuted with similar bikes).

The bikes can move at up to 19 mph, but JUMP CEO Ryan Rzepecki said there’s no issue with sharing a bike lane with non-motorized bicycles.

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