⛽️ The Real Winner of the Gas Tax Holiday

Plus, Porsche Ventures backs insurtech startup Laka, Lime pauses in South Korea, and Cuba’s micro-EV revolution.

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What You Need to Know This Week

  • A gas tax holiday is gift to oil companies, not commuters.

  • E-mobility insurance company Laka has secured funding from Porsche Ventures, bringing its Series A investment to $13.5M

  • More layoffs in shared micromobility: Voi has cut 10% of its employees at its headquarters and Superpedestrian has cut 7%.

  • A new Deloitte report from Germany finds that ebikes are the most popular and attractive form of electric transportation among consumers.

  • Global revenue from shared mobility (including car rentals, ridehailing, bikesharing, etc), may rise 40% by 2030, a new study says.

  • West African super app Gozem has raised $10M to expand its fleet of electric moto-taxis.

  • Zipp Mobility, a Dublin-based company that operates shared ebikes and escooters, has raised $6.1M to expand across Europe.

  • Early impressions of Striemo, the first three-wheeled escooter from Honda’s new micromobility division, center on safety: “I can attest that Striemo’s scooter felt much steadier than others I’ve ridden.”

Yotaro Mori, chief executive officer of Striemo, rides the company's electric scooter at Honda's R&D center.

  • Lime is suspending operations in South Korea due to the “chaotic scooter environment” and lack of RFP process, which has led an unlimited number of operators to deploy a large number of vehicles.

  • London has begun fining motorists who drive their cars in a bike lane.

  • India’s Ola is likely to bring a more affordable version of its S1 electric moped to the market later this year.

  • A bike with one regular wheel in front and two half-wheels in back.

  • A new study finds that climate and topography play “essentially no role in explaining cycling mode share across metros.”

  • The UK announced it will extend its shared scooter trials until May 2024.

  • According to a survey from AAA conducted earlier this year, 75% of American adults said they would start changing their lifestyles and habits when gas hit $5 a gallon.

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