💨 Hyundai Quits Shared Micromobility

Plus, ebikes sweep Germany, Xiaomi moves from electric scooters to electric cars, and Ola puts $500M in batteries.

July 19, 2022

What You Need to Know This Week

ICYMI: New speakers are being added daily for the next industry-defining Micromobility America conference in the SF Bay Area on September 15-16. See who is coming and book your tickets now while tickets are ~70% off.
Gbike, a South Korean scooter operator, is acquiring Hyundai’s ZET, a franchise platform for entrepreneurs to launch shared micromobility fleets.
Cargo ebike sales doubled in the UK between January and May.
Meanwhile, in Germany, Europe’s largest ebike market, 13% of households now own an electric bike, up from 3% in 2014.

MOVS, a Swedish micromobility subscription service, has raised $4.3M to expand into new European markets.
Bosch and Blubrake/Shimano debuted competing ABS for electric bikes.
A new study from Germany posits that shared electric scooters can reduce CO2 emissions by replacing driving, but only by 1.2%.
Bilis, maker of EV mopeds, is teaming up with British retailer Halfords for service and maintenance.
This pocket-sized battery is part of a DIY ebike conversion kit.

Speaking of batteries, Zapbatt is partnering with Toshiba to create longer lasting ebike batteries.
Ola Electric will invest $500M to set up a battery innovation center in India after a string of incidents in which the company’s mopeds caught fire.
Xiaomi, which has been manufacturing EVs in the form of kick scooters since 2016, plans to debut its first electric car next month.
Weel unveiled its new EV-B, a self-balancing ebike that has no chains or gears, but plenty of sensor, camera, radar, and Lidar capabilities.

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Spylt and Tier are partnering to make micromobility more accessible through third-party superapps.
Lime is developing its own camera-based sidewalk detection technology.
HumanForest has launched its first electric moped fleet in London with a focus on delivery workers.
Brompton announced its forthcoming Electric P Line will include its lightest folding ebikes yet: 34.4lbs.

Hawaii residents can now get an ebike rebate of $500, capped at 20% of purchase price.
Lithuania’s road fatalities have fallen 50% in the last decade.
Wales plans to reduce its speed limit from 30mph to 20mph in built-up areas by next year.
How Milan is taming traffic with paint and ping pong tables.

Pod People

On the latest episode of the podcast, Oliver Bruce caught up with Lihang Nong, founder of Nimbus, about his company’s new three-wheeled, tilting EV and what it, and similar vehicles, mean for mainstream micromobility adoption.

Jobs to Be Done

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