(Warning: This article contains puns aplenty, fowl indeed). Bird, the scooter company, may ruffle some feathers in the very cities and locations where it seeks to engender goodwill — more so than it already has. And, beyond that, here are some key questions: Will its...
In today’s top news, Germany’s leaders will vote on the Road Traffic Act on Friday, which will determine the regulation of eScooters in the country, and Softbank’s quarterly profit dropped 99 percent. Also, the FTC expanded its antitrust probe into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, and...
German officials are planning a vote on Friday (Feb. 14) to decide the fate of electronic scooters in what has become Europe’s largest market. Ever since Germany gave eScooters the green light in June, officials have been trying to get them off the street. Ride-hailing...
Creating a combined company that will lead to an addition of over 300 employees to its European operations, California-based Bird has purchased shared eScooter company Circ. Bird also unveiled a $75 million extension to its Series D fundraising round, which had the size of that...
May 22, 2019
Many of us have seem them, and many of us have likely had the same reaction — those eScooters zipping along on sidewalks and streets, seeming to barely miss hitting cars and pedestrians, or being foiled by cracks, potholes and other obstacles. Scooter riders might not even be wearing helmets, which can make others feel […]
September 21, 2018
Short ride, long-term appeal? Taxify, the ride-hailing company, is branching out into eScooters in Paris (with plans for more European market rollouts), a change to its existing business model —...
February 12, 2020
German officials are planning a vote on Friday (Feb. 14) to decide the fate of electronic scooters in what has become Europe’s largest market. Ever since Germany gave eScooters the green light in June, officials have been trying to get them off the street. Ride-hailing and food delivery startups are readying for a hit that […]
January 27, 2020
Creating a combined company that will lead to an addition of over 300 employees to its European operations, California-based Bird has purchased shared eScooter company Circ. Bird also unveiled a...
January 27, 2020
Bird Rides, Inc., the eScooter startup, lost its U.K. and Ireland boss Richard Corbett, who stepped down from the job after two years at the helm of the company, according...
January 23, 2020
Micro-mobility giant Helbiz announced a partnership with mobile payments platform Alipay, which will allow customers a wider breadth of access to Helbiz’s eScooters, eBikes and other devices for easy riding...
