Category: Lime

Lime brings Jump bikes back to London

[ad_1] According to TechCrunch, Lime plans to restore Jump’s bike sharing service in Barcelona, Paris and Rome, too. That’s less than half the European cities Jump bikes were previously available in. London could also see Lime e-scooters. Earlier this week, the UK approved an e-scooter pilot program, and if the scooters are approved, Lime will […]

Lime report shows micromobility travel poses the lowest risk of contracting COVID-19

[ad_1] “The scientific literature suggests that as an open-air mode that allows for social distancing, micromobility carries a much lower baseline risk of transmission than other shared modes,” the company writes. Lime compared shared bikes and scooters with taxi and ride-hailing services for the white paper, showing how going for the latter will put you […]

Uber sends thousands of Jump e-bikes to the recycling heap

[ad_1] An Uber spokesperson told CNBC: “We explored donating the remaining, older-model bikes, but given many significant issues — including maintenance, liability, safety concerns, and a lack of consumer-grade charging equipment — we decided the best approach was to responsibly recycle them.” Bike Share Museum shared a photo of Seattle’s Jump fleet: dozens upon dozens […]

Lime is buying Boosted’s assets and IP

[ad_1] Electric scooter company Lime is buying the designs, software, parts and test equipment of Boosted, according to The Verge. While neither Lime nor the electric skateboard company has made an announcement, some Reddit posts and patent files seemingly have confirmed the news. Additionally, two former Boosted employees have also told The Verge that Lime […]

Lime knows when you’re riding its scooters on the sidewalk

[ad_1] A future update may even show a map indicating just when Lime detected sidewalk use. It’s not certain how likely you are to see the detection used elsewhere, although it’s already accurate enough (95 percent) that it may just be a matter of time. Lime can’t really force riders to the street. Its sidewalk […]

After Math: All the stuff that happened while we were at CES

[ad_1] Finally, someone thought of the children. Unfortunately, it was the septuagenarians in Congress who had that thought. They want to raise the age limit governing when companies can begin collecting data on kids from 13 to 16 and modernize COPPA. While their intentions are probably honorable, I’m still old enough to remember the trainwreck […]

Lime exits 12 cities and lays off 100 employees in search of profit

[ad_1] According to Axios, Lime is also laying off about 100 employees, which amounts to approximately 14 percent of its workforce. Lime president Joe Kraus told the website the tweaks will help the company become sustainable this year. “We’re very confident that in 2020, Lime will be the first next-generation mobility company to be profitable,” […]

Florida man arrested for cutting the brake lines of over 100 e-scooters

[ad_1] Law enforcement officers set up a sting operation using a Ring camera, hoping to lure out whoever vandalized nearly 140 scooters since April. They placed scooters in view of security cameras and waited. Sure enough, Williams was caught tampering with the handle of one scooter and the frame of another. While no scooter-related injuries […]

San Francisco grants Jump, Lime, Scoot and Spin e-scooter licenses

[ad_1] San Francisco was the birthplace of the electric scooter, with Bird, Spin and Lime starting operations there last March. However, there were many objections to the scourge of scooters, including that discarded scooters blocked access for pedestrians and that people frequently rode them on pavements. In response to these complaints, the city vowed to […]