Electric scooter startups, flush with cash, plan to expand to dozens of U.S. cities
Both LimeBike and Bird plan to bring the new urban mobility option to cities beyond California Major U.S. cities need to prepare themselves for a new front in the startup scramble to change urban transportation: the rapid expansion of electric scooter systems.
Like the rapid spread of dockless bikes in cities such as Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, electric scooters appear poised to hit the streets of metro areas across the country. Bird, a scooter startup based in Santa Monica, California, and led by a former Uber and Lyft executive, launched in September has quickly expanded across the westside of Los Angeles. Last Friday, the company announced a new $100 million funding round and plans to expand into 50 new cities by the end of the year. Limebike, the Bay Area dockless bike startup, recently launched its own electric scooter option, the Lime-S, and has incorporated hundreds of the small vehicles into their San Diego service. They also plan to expand to other cities. ?If you?ve ever witnessed someone with a scooter in San Diego, it?s something that?s here to stay? says Zack Bartlett, LimeBike?s general manager in San Diego. ?It?s something people want. There?s nothing like seeing someone get on a scooter for the first time.?
Bird
A Bird Scooter; the company just raised $100 million to expand to new markets across the country.
But these app-driven transit options, which let users pick up and drop off scooters anywhere, seem poised...
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