Electric scooter and bike sharing company Lime has rolled into Australia, launching in Sydney on Friday.
The Californian company’s bright green, dockless electric vehicles have been released into the streets, with 300 e-bikes distributed through Sydn…
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Ford gets into the e-scooter craze with Spin acquisition
Ford is entering the electric scooter business.
The American carmaker announced Wednesday it has acquired the popular San Francisco-based scooter-share company Spin.
The scooter startup secured $8 million in funding last year, and it was one of the f…
Fantasmo pivots to scooter cameras that keep them off sidewalks
GPS is too inaccurate to tell if a scooter is being driven or parked in off-limits areas. But as scooter startups compete for permits from city governments, they need a way to prove their riders play by the rules. That’s where Fantasmo’s new scooter positioning camera comes in. The augmented reality mapping startup had been […]
View More Fantasmo pivots to scooter cameras that keep them off sidewalksFantasmo pivots to scooter cameras that keep them off sidewalks
GPS is too inaccurate to tell if a scooter is being driven or parked in off-limits areas. But as scooter startups compete for permits from city governments, they need a way to prove their riders play by the rules. That’s where Fantasmo’s new scooter positioning camera comes in. The augmented reality mapping startup had been […]
View More Fantasmo pivots to scooter cameras that keep them off sidewalksLime pulls faulty e-scooters after reports of battery fires
E-scooter company Lime is cautioning riders and contract workers about malfunctioning batteries and other issues with some of its scooters.
Lime uses Segway Ninebot scooters in many of its cities, but after an August report about battery issues in “s…
Jim Carrey did a weird skit about dockless e-scooters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
Jim Carrey’s absurd, comedic touch made its mark on Thursday night, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his new show Kidding.
Instead of the regular walk-in and waving to the crowd as most guests do, Carrey entered with a skit about those d…
Lime just dropped some serious e-scooter drama
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E-scooters can really rile people up — whether it’s cities trying to contain the onslaught of the mini motorized vehicles, or celebs such as actor-turned-venture-capitalist Ashton Kutcher fighting for their rights at a tech conference, it seems we are a nation divided.
And sometimes, it’s the scooter companies that can get all hot and bothered.
Take Lime, for example. Last week, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency shut down any aspirations the scooter-share company had of operating in the city, instead giving two newer companies, Scoot and Skip, permits to test scooters within the city for the next year. Read more…
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View More Lime just dropped some serious e-scooter dramaUber wants to use scooters and bikes to become the ‘Amazon of transportation’
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Right now, Uber is the app you open to request a car to pick you up. But it wants to be the app where you can find a bicycle or borrow someone else’s car — and, soon, where to rent e-scooters.
On Thursday, Uber made it easier to request these non-ride-hail options with “mode switch.” Instead of hiding the options within a menu, the top of the app will now list the different Uber options: cars, bikes, scooters, and rental cars.
Mode switching in the Uber app.
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At the TechCrunch Disrupt main stage in San Francisco on Thursday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recommitted to alternative transit options like bikes and scooters. Read more…
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View More Uber wants to use scooters and bikes to become the ‘Amazon of transportation’Uber makes it easier to switch between rides, scooters, bikes and car rentals
You may remember how Uber laid out its ambitions to become a multi-modal transportation company back in April with the announcement of Uber Rent, preceded by a $200 million acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP. Now, Uber is making it easier to access those modalities with the addition of Mode Switch, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced […]
View More Uber makes it easier to switch between rides, scooters, bikes and car rentalsEurope’s Uber rival Taxify is launching itself into the e-scooter game
The likes of Uber and Lyft are increasingly cosying up to scooters, and now one of the biggest ridesharing operators in Europe is joining the fray.
Estonian startup Taxify is rolling out an electric scooter sharing service in Paris this week, with pl…
Tesla’s drama, China-based companies are listing in the US and SurveyMonkey is (finally) going public
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week, we were a man down, with the excellent Alex Wilhelm of Crunchbase News on a vacation that someone seems to have sanctioned, though it was not us, as we don’t believe in vacations. (Wilhelm, get […]
View More Tesla’s drama, China-based companies are listing in the US and SurveyMonkey is (finally) going publicLime hits six million rides
Lime, the bike and scooter-share company that recently raised $335 million from GV, Uber and others, has hit six million rides since launching last June. Lime, which first launched in Greensboro, North Carolina, has since expanded to 70 cities. In comparison, Bird announced in April it hit 1 million rides since launching in November. Lime’s ridership […]
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