Let’s Go Back to the Future | April 15, 2022
Gogoro has gone public, the new DeLorean has an official release date, Okai’s has released its first consumer bike and more scooter stations for the city of Chicago!
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Micromobility
Taiwan-based Gogoro, known for its battery swapping-network, has officially gone public! / TechCrunch
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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
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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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