What exactly is an 'E-Bike'? | August 05, 2022

Also, Usain Bolt’s e-bike company is no longer bolting, LeBron James is investing in the bicycle market and Chevy is offering rebates for Chevy’s Bolt new owners.

Issue [#148] - Every week, we deliver analysis and curation of emerging mobility news - post a job listing here!

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Micromobility

There are pedals on this vehicle, a battery-powered motor, three wheels, and a top speed of 20 mph. Does it qualify as an "e-bike"? / Street Blogs USA

Author Olaf Sakkers made a chart comparing EV sales with e-bike sales for Europe in 2021 and found that e-bike sales in Europe topped 5 million units. The same period for car sales saw 10.5M units / via Olaf Sakkers

We need to go beyond the shift to electric vehicles and completely rethink our car dependence / CBC

Usain Bolt's e-scooter rental company has vanished into thin air / The Verge

Voi is encouraging people to replace their cars with bikes by offering free riding time to new bikers from August 3 to August 14, 2022/ Voi

American EV battery swapping's future / Protocol

Basketball star LeBron James is putting his money on the boom in cycling by investing in Germany's Canyon Bicycles GmbH / Bloomberg

Joyride launched an eCommerce marketplace called Joyride Garage, where anyone can directly buy the equipment needed to operate a 'shared light electric vehicle fleet' / ZAGDaily

Product Launches & Updates

SONDORS has begun deliveries of the Metacycle, with founder Storm Sondors personally overseeing the delivery of the first bike / Electrek

TIER's sixth-generation e-scooter, which has audio turn signals and a new display icon to alert users to restrictions in the city, is now available for purchase / ZAGDaily

Electric mobility company NIU has unveiled a futuristic-looking e-moped that combines the design of an e-bike with that of an electric motorcycle / Electrek

Vintage's newest e-bikes take southern California retro cool to the next level / Robb Report

Porsche is betting big on the future of cycling, with the launch of two new e-bike companies / Electrek

Ridehailing, Carsharing, & Delivery

Uber will now be telling its drivers how much they'll earn before accepting a trip / The Verge

Uber learned that listening to its drivers can help it improve its product / The Rideshare Guy

Courial, a last-mile courier service, is modernizing the industry by allowing any business or person to seamlessly connect with their community of on-demand couriers to deliver anything / Just Go Grind

Uber Comfort Electric, which is more expensive than UberX but not as posh as UberBlack, is now available in 13 additional cities, including Las Vegas, Seattle, and Baltimore / The Verge

Investment & Deals

The combined forces of JetBlue and Spirit will form a low-fare rival to the dominant big four airlines / JetBlue

For the first time ever, General Motors Co. sold environmentally friendly bonds to fund its transition to electric vehicles and compete with Tesla Inc. / Bloomberg

Koenigsegg joins Lightyear as an investor and partner. This joint venture will leverage the knowledge base of both innovative auto manufacturers / Lightyear

The TransLink Corporation invests $130 million in projects and infrastructure related to active travel / Intelligent Transport

Next.e. GO Mobile, a German electric vehicle startup, is going public in a deal valued at $913 million / Car Scoops

Uber exited its investment in Zomato and sold its entire Zomato stake for $392 million on Indian exchanges / TechCrunch

Cities & Policy

Beryl has launched a new Southeast bike-share scheme, which will provide more than 50 parking bays and 122 bikes to the city of Dorset / ZAGDaily

Pontevedra: the city that pioneered a car-free lifestyle for Europe / Politico

The city of Chicago is working to make Uber and Lyft safer and more profitable in the city by proposing a series of changes aimed at improving the driver's pay and conditions / Bloomberg

New Products, Features, and Data Points

Semikron, a German semiconductors manufacturer, reported a cyberattack that resulted in data encryption / TechCrunch

Chevy's Bolt Rebates: New owners of this historically troubled car have a decision to make / The Verge

As EVs are virtually silent, acoustic designers are creating alerts to warn pedestrians and avoid collisions / The New Yorker

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