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Scooter share services seriously are awesome, they bring mobility to the underserved in a way that buses extremely struggle to. They're awesomely cheap, and Bir
by vinceguidry 8y ago
Scooter share services seriously are awesome, they bring mobility to the underserved in a way that buses extremely struggle to. They're awesomely cheap, and Bird can add demand to any area simply by trucking in a new load of scooters.
I don't know how long it'll last, but normal people can even make money charging them. It's got me considering spending $200 on my own scooter, though I think I'll just use the service until I'm ready to bite that bullet.
- zzleeper 8y agoI wonder the same thing. How the hell do the economics of these things work, if users pay almost nothing and birders get so much money daily?
- vinceguidry 8y agoThey can adjust pricing. What I'd be more worried about is theft. What happens once someone figures out how to disable the locking and posts the howto online?
- VectorLock 8y agoThere is no locking I don't think it just makes a racket when you take it when its not enabled. It is a light scooter after all. Apparently there is value in stealing them to harvest the batteries.
- 282883392 8y agoVC funding.
- VectorLock 8y agoThis was posted on HN earlier this month. Apparently the Bird charging isn't without its downsides http://fortune.com/2018/05/20/bird-hunting-scooter-charging/ http://fortune.com/2018/05/20/bird-hunting-scooter-charging/
- SomewhatLikely 8y agoI would guess if these things stick around the collectors would be better served to have the chargers inside a van so they could continually collect and drop off.