Micromobbin'
Bike buses are becoming the new norm in the U.S. What is it, you ask? It’s a safety-in-numbers thing that sees groups of families cycling their kids to school together.
Looks like bikeshare services do create more avid cyclers. At least, that’s what this study in the UK found — 66% of bikeshare users began cycling more after using the service.
Clip, a Brooklyn-based startup that makes a portable device to transform any bike into an e-bike instantly and without tools, won Micromobility Europe’s startup competition.
Cowboy’s integrated app will now feature navigation from Google Maps, the company announced at Micromobility Europe. Apparently this is just one of many future Google collabs to come.
DAB Motors and Peugeot Motorcycles are working together to create an e-motorcycle, Concept-E, and launch series production. As part of the collab, Peugeot has made a substantial investment into DAB and now owns a majority stake in the company.
Delivery workers in NYC were awarded a guaranteed $18 per hour minimum wage, a historic win for labor rights activists. However, people on both sides of the wage were disappointed. App companies obviously hate the idea. And many deliveristas said they were expecting $24 per hour, and that after expenses, they’ll still not earn a living wage.
Joco, in partnership with Grubhub, officially opened its delivery rider hub. It’s called the Joco Concierge and the partnership between the two companies includes a pilot program that provides at least 500 gig workers with free access to over 1,000 e-bikes.
Leatt’s new 3.0 Enduro helmet protects your face, head and ears..
Harley-Davidson subsidiary LiveWire is gearing up to start delivering its new S2 Del Mar e-motorcycle this summer. It’ll have a range of 100 miles and a price point of $15,499.
Love tiny cars? Check out the new alliance of tiny car manufacturers, known as the Microcars Coalition. The group wants to encourage microcar-friendly legislation and attract more manufacturers.
Micromobility.com is leaving several unprofitable markets so it can focus on “self-sustainability.’ The company provided no specifics as to which markets it would leave, or how it would regroup, and has stubbornly refused to answer my emails.
NYC has expanded its e-scooter pilot beyond the Bronx. Now Queens can play, too. The city is sticking with Bird, Lime and Veo as its operators.
Tern has released the 2023 edition of its HSD folding cargo e-bike, and I want one. The new version has a greater carrying capacity in the rear luggage rack, but is still easy to turn into a compact little bundle of metal and rubber. Starting price is $5,065, but for a new Bosch motor, it’s well worth that.
A new global micromobility player has emerged. Today was recently formed by merging six brands — Frog, Leap, Ottr, Element, Mixte and White Fox — and is owned by VC fund EFO Ventures. Today’s commercial fleet has 8,000 vehicles made up of e-scooters, e-bikes, e-cargo bikes and e-mopeds.
To-Move’s TOM scooter is really cute. It’s a 20 mile-per-hour sit-down vehicle with a bamboo body that can be folded up and carried in under 10 seconds.
Are you bored AF? Rad Power Bikes wants to bring the fun back into your life. Enter the company’s most bored person competition to win money, prizes, a trip and/or a Rad bike.
XYZ’s modular kit lets you design the perfect load-carrying vehicle for a range of jobs and offers a 300-pound capacity.
Yup revealed the Dixie, the MaaS provider’s universal charging station. The system uses AI to charge a selection of small EVs and collects data on parking usage and carbon footprint along the way.
— Rebecca Bellan
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