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The best electric scooters of 2023
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters
This weekend, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that Parisians will get to vote whether they want to ban free-floating electric scooters or not. As I explained last week, Dott, Lime and Tier, the three scooter companies currently operating in the city, have operating licenses that are set to expire on March 23rd, […]
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Bird Scooters Shakes Down Past Users Over Outstanding Balances as Small as $0.55
Scooter rental company, Bird, has officially boarded the struggle bus. The micro mobility provider sent out emails to current and past customers requesting that they settle their lingering debts earlier this month. And the company left no stone unturned in its quest to recoup revenue.
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Taur’s Carson Brown on why owned scooters > shared scooters
Carson Brown, co-founder and head of product at Taur, discusses why Taur could be the brand ambassador the electric scooter market needs to flourish.
Taur’s Carson Brown on why owned scooters > shared scooters by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Bird is pulling its scooters out of ‘several dozen’ cities, but it won’t say which ones
Bird is exiting three European countries — Germany, Sweden, and Norway — as well as “several dozen” small- to mid-sized cities in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The cash-strapped shared scooter company also said it would be laying off an undisclosed number of employees in the affected markets, though it declined to share which cities it would be leaving.
Bird said the decision to exit these markets was motivated by a plan to achieve financial self-sustainability. Under this plan, Bird would close shop in cities that lack “a regulatory framework necessary to facilitate the development of an innovative, competitive, self-sustaining micromobility industry.”
The company continued:
It has become clear that some markets lack…