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Is it scooter company Lime's moment to shine?

GreenBiz

Is it scooter company Lime's moment to shine? If you look at the headlines about the shared scooter industry — with service shut-downs and cratering valuations — you easily could predict the long-hyped sector's demise. It appears that riders in these cities are turning to scooters as a major transportation service.

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Pondering the trajectory of scooter and bike adoption

GreenBiz

Urban transportation is being reshaped by a new generation of electric scooters and bicycles, the large majority of them being used by men.

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Here's how e-scooter and e-bike companies could embrace the circular economy

GreenBiz

Shared micromobility services may reduce emissions, but the short lifespan of the scooters and bicycles raises questions about materials use and deeper supply-chain impacts.

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The Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric Scooters

U.S. Green Technology

Electric scooters are now more than just a leisurely ride for children and teenagers. They now help clean the transportation sector. Cities across the globe have been seeing the benefits of legalising and implementing shared and private electric scooters on city roads and lanes. Green Technology.

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A wave of electric workhorses is coming

GreenBiz

When most folks think of the electrification of transportation, they naturally think about electric cars. But electrifying the long tail of commercial transportation is just as awesome. (If Scooter company Spin announced this week that it's electrifying the vans that pick up and charge its scooter networks. .

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CIRCUL-A-THON finalists present solutions for transport, electronics, packaging and healthcare

Envirotec Magazine

Hungry on energy, materials and manpower, vehicle manufacturing presents a formidable appetite for new ideas that will reduce waste, and winners in the ‘transportation’ category showcased some of the latest thinking along these lines. Successful designs submitted in this category included a scooter to be used in India’s taxi services.

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So long diesel cars, hello micromobility

GreenBiz

These major European cities could move pretty swiftly to the point where transit and scooters emerge as the backbone of urban transportation.

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