Issue [#133] - Every week, we deliver analysis and curation of emerging mobility news - post a job listing here!
Micromobility
Taiwan-based Gogoro, known for its battery swapping-network, has officially gone public! / TechCrunch
Source: TechCrunch
Good news, Trek Bicycle fans, you can now recycle your e-bike's batteries at the Trek store where you got them! / Trek
What's your thought on adding resistance to e-scooters, so riders get physical activity while they move? / ZagDaily
Yet another e-bike has been recalled. This time, the Fiido X has been dropped from Fiido's lineup due to a fault that could result in the folding bike breaking in two / The Verge
Lime is helping people "break up" with their cars. Three lucky riders will be gifted $3500 in rides if they take the company's pledge and adopt a car-free lifestyle / Lime
Product Launches & Updates
Fans of Back to the Future will be happy to learn DeLorean Motor Company has announced a reveal date and released the first look at its electric vehicle / PRNewswire
Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised to roll out his company’s “full self-driving” Beta software to all customers in North America within the year / TechCrunch
Take a look at the OKAI Stride, Okai’s first consumer-oriented massive electric bike / Electrek
A Nissan EV with a solid-state battery is expected to be launched by 2028 / The Verge
The Lincoln Motor Company has introduced their latest concept vehicle, the Lincoln Electric Concept SUV / AutoBlog
This Dutch bike is made up of 90 percent European components / Newatlas
Ridehailing, Carsharing, & Delivery
Bolt, UK's second-largest ride-sharing app, launches its service ahead of Easter weekend, putting Uber in competition / HampshireLive
Investment & Deals
Another electric automaker is heading for the public market / TechCrunch
With a Series B funding round of $35 million, Bcomp intends to expand its global and domestic production capacities / Tech.eu
Porsche announced a $75M investment in the industrial production of eFuels, a synthetic low-carbon complement to its plans to electrify 80% of its lineup / TechCrunch
Over the next five years, Polestar will sell up to 65,000 electric cars to Hertz. / CNN Business
Trucking fintech startup, SmartHop, raised $30M in a Series B round / TechCrunch
Bosch announced the acquisition of Five.ai, an autonomous driving startup that initially had plans to build and operate its fleet but shifted to B2B technology development / TechCrunch
Cities & Policy
Self-driving trucks are being tested by Aurora and Werner on a 600-mile stretch of highway in Texas. / CNBC
Lime, Spin, and Superpedestrian have been granted permits for two years and will begin operating 3,000 electric scooters throughout Chicago in May / SmartCities
Source: Lime
Mystery on the streets of Hollywood: Who’s painting LA’s untouched crosswalks? / NPR
This American academic says that cycling networks should be as dense as road networks in every city / Forbes
New Products, Features, and Data Points
In a "breakthrough" for its self-driving system, Toyota's Woven Planet can use low-cost cameras to collect data. This could help it bring costs down and scale up the technology / Automotive News
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