The sharing of bicycles and scooters is a model that has over the last year or two has moved further into the mainstream of consumer life. That’s thanks in large part to mobile technology and the interest of other parts of the transportation ecosystem, including...
Chinese bike sharing company Mobike, which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. Mobike laid off its teams in Asia Pacific countries, according to a report by TechCrunch, which...
Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike might be looking to spin off its European arm after it was revealed that it’s being investigated for possible breach of the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company is owned by Chinese eCommerce company Meituan Dianping, which is backed by Chinese...
Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike is being investigated by German regulators for potentially being in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In a statement to the Financial Times, a spokesman said, “The Berlin commissioner for data protection and freedom of information had already...
April 10, 2018
The bikesharing trend has really gotten rolling in many cities around the world. Whether or not you’ve ridden one, you’ve surely seen them: Fleets of identical bikes, often colorful, clustered at rental docks where anyone from commuters to tourists can pay the fee to take one for a spin. The latest evolution of the trend, […]
July 17, 2017
Bike-sharing has become big business worldwide in a relatively short span of time. Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these days there are over 1,000 bike-share operations in...
March 08, 2019
Chinese bike sharing company Mobike, which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. Mobike laid off its teams in Asia Pacific countries, according to a report by TechCrunch, which were made up of about 15 full-timers plus contractors through […]
December 12, 2018
Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike might be looking to spin off its European arm after it was revealed that it’s being investigated for possible breach of the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection...
December 10, 2018
Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike is being investigated by German regulators for potentially being in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In a statement to the Financial Times,...
June 01, 2018
Mobike, the Chinese bike sharing company, is dealing with a growing problem of theft in Mexico City, the market it entered this year. Reuters, citing app customers, reported that theft...
