New York City is bringing 3,000 electric scooters to Bronx streets this summer, city officials said Wednesday.

Three companies — Bird, Lime and Veo — were selected through an application process to be the first “scooter shares” on NYC streets, the city said — part of a “pilot” run in an 18-square-mile sliver of the borough that includes Eastchester, Co-Op City and Morris Park.

The companies were chosen “based on past performance elsewhere,” DOT said — as well as their ability to keep prices low. The city has promised that “most rides” will cost under $5.

Officials debuted the scooter models at an event in the Bronx, promising a mix of standing and seated options, as well as attachments to make the vehicles wheelchair-accessible. Each model has a maximum speed of 15 miles per hour.

A second phase of the pilot could expand the combined fleets to 6,000 scooters, DOT said.

Officials compared the process to the “dockless” bike-share systems tested throughout the city in 2018, which were all eventually abandoned.

The city does not have plans to bring e-scooters citywide.

“We want to see how well this works,” DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman told reporters.

For now, anyone 16 or older will be allowed to rent one of the vehicles, as long as they stay within the designated service area. Only riders under 18 must wear helmets.

“If it was up to me, it’d be required for everyone,” Gutman said. “We can’t mandate it, but I wish I could.”

Pressed on whether he wanted to require helmets for all scooter riders as well as cyclists, Gutman replied: “I am not proposing new legislation.”

Gutman declined to give a date for the program’s launch beyond “in time for summer.”