Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
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Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#2> scooters you’ll see pretty much all over the place in cities like Los Angeles.
have to laugh at this. The touristy areas are indeed packed with them. you can't even see the floor on 3rd street promenade because it is now covered in five companies' scooters. Maybe you see a couple in the silicon beach (which is not around snapchat house, and neither on the beach anymore). but actual places you'd call Los Angeles? none.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#3dockless bicycles have taken over San Jose. They are worse than scooters by far.
The only advantage I can see bicycles having over the scooters is not being "dead" due to battery issues, but plenty of other things can also take bicycles out of commission. They also take up more more room and can't be packed as close together.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#4dockless bicycles have taken over San Jose. They are worse than scooters by far. The only advantage I can see bicycles having over the scooters is not being "dead" due to battery issues, but plenty of other things can also take bicycles out of commission. They also take up more more room and can't be packed as close together.
do scooters require more juice for a short trip, or more current draw, than a portable usb-c battery pack can provide?
if not, scooters should have external ports for BYO power.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#5dammit. i knew i should have gotten a job when they were just at $1bn cap ...
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#6dockless bicycles have taken over San Jose. They are worse than scooters by far. The only advantage I can see bicycles having over the scooters is not being "dead" due to battery issues, but plenty of other things can also take bicycles out of commission. They also take up more more room and can't be packed as close together.
do scooters require more juice for a short trip, or more current draw, than a portable usb-c battery pack can provide? if not, scooters should have external ports for BYO power.
It requires ~250W. Most portable USB batteries you can buy put out like 20W or so, this idea isn't really feasible.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#7dockless bicycles have taken over San Jose. They are worse than scooters by far. The only advantage I can see bicycles having over the scooters is not being "dead" due to battery issues, but plenty of other things can also take bicycles out of commission. They also take up more more room and can't be packed as close together.
do scooters require more juice for a short trip, or more current draw, than a portable usb-c battery pack can provide? if not, scooters should have external ports for BYO power.
I think the Gen2 scooters will have solar panels on the standing pads to slowly recharge during the day when not in use.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#8> scooters you’ll see pretty much all over the place in cities like Los Angeles. have to laugh at this. The touristy areas are indeed packed with them. you can't even see the floor on 3rd street promenade because it is now covered in five companies' scooters. Maybe you see a couple in the silicon beach (which is not around snapchat house, and neither on the beach anymore). but actual places you'd call Los Angeles? no…
West LA east of the 405 is... definitely LA municipality. There's absolutely lots of Bird scooters in Westwood. I think I've seen some in Hollywood.
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#9please bring them back to sf
Re: Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up
#10dockless bicycles have taken over San Jose. They are worse than scooters by far. The only advantage I can see bicycles having over the scooters is not being "dead" due to battery issues, but plenty of other things can also take bicycles out of commission. They also take up more more room and can't be packed as close together.
Is the act of leaving a dockless bike just sitting there on the sidewalk not illegal? Is it not littering?