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Spin’s electric scooters and bikes are now on Google Maps
Ford-owned micromobility company Spin has announced an integration with Google Maps. Now, users planning their trips in 84 cities, towns and campuses across the U.S., Canada, Germany and Spain will be able to view Spin’s electric scooters and bikes on the app while planning their trip. Spin joins its top…
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Micromobility software provider Joyride raises $3.7 million seed round
Joyride, a Toronto-based company that provides white label apps, back-end analytics and multi-modal fleet management for shared micromobility startups, has raised $3.7 million — seed money that it says will help it reach a greater number of small, local operators. The company, which operates in more than 160 markets in…
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The Station: Rivian rolls towards an IPO and Quantumscape makes a big battery hire
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and packages move (today and in the…
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Dott, Lime and Tier selected for London e-scooter trial
Transport for London and London Councils have announced Dott, Lime and Tier Mobility as the winners of its prized e-scooter pilot, confirming last month’s suspicions based on job postings by the companies. Last year, the government legalized e-scooter rental trials by local authorities, although private e-scooter riding is still illegal. This…
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Lime’s latest e-bike can borrow batteries from scooters
Lime might have another way to make e-bikes more practical: have them use the same batteries as its scooters. The mobility service is rolling out a new e-bike whose battery is interchangeable with the one in Gen4 scooter models. That saves the compan… Source
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Lime plans for ‘modes’ beyond bikes and scooters in 2021
Lime is launching its fourth generation scooter in Paris this week, an example the company says of its financial turnaround and commitment to growth. But that product rollout isn’t over. Lime CEO Wayne Ting hinted Thursday during the WSJ Future of Everything event that a “third mode,” beyond bikes and…
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