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Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

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Re: Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

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Post by benjlang »

arosier wrote: post #79
probe wrote: post #15

This partnership could also allow Uber driver partners to basically have another source of income - rebalancing the scooter/bike network and helping with charging (ex. someone drives for Uber Eats, drops off a scooter at pickup restaurant to charge). Current Lime freelance chargers are making ~$1400 earnings per month[1] so this could start being substantial and help the growth for both companies [1] https://www.axio…

I worked as a charger - made $11k in a month. Only had a month until SF shut them down. I imagine payouts will get compressed as the market matures. Earnings are also highly dependent upon the scooter density of the area you service and the amount of charger competition in that area.

wow - can you ping me b@langonline.com working on something i'd love to chat about

Re: Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

paulpauper wrote: post #43

I think it's time for someone to invent Uber Walk: someone physically picks you up and carries you to your destination

Yes, but eventually Uber Walk would be rebranded Uber Walk Premium and a new service under the old Uber Walk name would be started where you get a 50% discount for walking yourself.

Re: Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

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Post by xanderjanz »

wpietri wrote: post #60
probe wrote: post #15

This partnership could also allow Uber driver partners to basically have another source of income - rebalancing the scooter/bike network and helping with charging (ex. someone drives for Uber Eats, drops off a scooter at pickup restaurant to charge). Current Lime freelance chargers are making ~$1400 earnings per month[1] so this could start being substantial and help the growth for both companies [1] https://www.axio…

That $1400/month number strikes me as dubious. They mention the charger earns $30-50/day. Assuming a standard 22-day work month, $1400 would have to be $63/day. A more realistic number seems to be $40 * 22 days, or $880/month. Which is not a lot of money in the expensive cities Lime is active in.

It's common for gig companies to limit payouts, because it lowers the cost of fraud, which is common. A smart charger charges for multiple companies, and could easily hit higher payouts that way.

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Post by xanderjanz »

sisk wrote: post #70
rockostrich wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know about Oakland, but in Boston these wouldn't be legal to ride on the sidewalk. Hell, they're barely legal to ride in the bike lane (only motorized vehicles that can't exceed 35 mph and that make a motor smaller than a certain size). Combine that with the fact that most riders won't be wearing helmets and it's a potentially deadly accident waiting to happen.

For the curious, the maximum motor size to ride in the bike lanes in Boston is 50cc.

cc is a measurement of displacement, only useful for combustion engines.

Equivalent for electric motors would be Wattage.

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Post by CamperBob2 »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #86
joejerryronnie wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This additional source of income will only last until we fully implement ASR's - Autonomous Scooter Rebalancers.

Just have them self-drive to a charger.

They are going to self-drive everywhere, I suspect. It's much easier to make a scooter or a bicycle autonomous than a car.

There's at least one company around here working on self-delivering bicycles. The idea is that you call one up on your phone and wait by the curb, and the bike will come cruising up to you. When you're done, you just hop off, and the bike cruises to its next renter (or charger) rather than lying around littering the place up.

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Post by sloanesturz »

kevinmgranger wrote: post #83
tweedledee wrote: post #6

Why not keep the scooters in the cars. Grab one on the way out, leave it behind when you get home. Request an uber with a scooter in it. There will have to be some leveling between cars but that’s surely easier than blanketing the city.

I think docked bike shares had the following problems: - they were spaced too far apart - they weren't in residential areas The dockless bikes, and scooters, were a response to that. We could go back to using docks if we solved those two problems. Or what if there was a hybrid approach, incentivising users who brought their bike / scooter to a dock by making the ride cheaper or free?

We have a hybrid approach like this in San Francisco - it's called Scoot and it is like an electric Vespa, not a push scooter or a pedal-assist bike. You drive it in traffic lanes like a car or motorcycle.

You can park them on the street in a regular parking spot (in most neighborhoods), or park them in a garage charging spot and get $1 off your ride. If you return a sidewalk-parked Scoot that is almost out of power, then your ride is free. It works pretty well and the pricing seems pretty fair.

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