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Bird lays off several Scoot employees
Bird has laid off less than two dozen employees, The San Francisco Chronicle first reported. The layoffs affect employees Bird brought on board as part […]
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Segway-Ninebot now has an electric dirt bike
Segway-Ninebot introduced Tuesday an electric dirt bike that marks the company’s expansion into the powersports market. The Chinese scooter company launched two versions of its […]
Bird-owned Scoot deploys new electric mopeds
Scoot, owned by Bird, has just unveiled what it’s calling the Scoot Moped. At first glance, it appears to be Bird’s two-seater vehicle. In June, […]
Defining micromobility and where it’s going with business and mobility analyst Horace Dediu
Micromobility has taken off over the last couple of years. Between electric bike-share and scooter-share, these vehicles have made their way all over the world. […]
Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden to talk scooters, unit economics and multibillion-dollar valuation at Disrupt SF
Travis VanderZanden is perhaps one of the best known electric scooter startup founders in the business. Although his business, Bird, competes with the likes of […]
Bird, Uber and Lyft get another chance to apply for electric scooter permits in SF
In light of a so-far successful electric scooter pilot program in San Francisco, the city has opened up the application process for service providers to […]
How top VCs view the new future of micromobility
Earlier this month, TechCrunch held its annual Mobility Sessions event, where leading mobility-focused auto companies, startups, executives and thought leaders joined us to discuss all […]
Lyft poaches Bird’s head of vehicle product
Shared electric bike and scooter services are constantly at war with each other — whether it’s battling for an operating permit in a highly coveted […]
Bird is raising a Series D round led by Sequoia at $2.5 billion valuation
Bird is raising a Series D round led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.5 billion valuation, TechCrunch has learned. Sources, however, did not indicate the […]
Bird has ‘positive unit economics’ with its custom scooter model, CEO says
Bird has positive unit economics, CEO Travis VanderZanden said Friday in a fiery response to a report from The Information that the scooter startup was […]
