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🏪 Big Boxes Stores Tackle Micromobility

Plus, UPS deploys eQuads in NYC, Helbiz acquires Wheels, and electric trike sales double in India.

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Jun 21
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Thanks for reading The Micromobility Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive fresh mobility insights, news, and analysis each week.


This week’s Micromobility Newsletter is brought to you by… Mavenoid

The more riders on the street, the greater the need to provide instant customer support. You can now learn essential tips on how to ace e-mobility support in Mavenoid’s micromobility support guide, featuring insights from Joyride and Oliver Bruce, co-host of the Micromobility Podcast. Ready to supercharge your micromobility support?

Read the guide here 🛴 


What You Need to Know This Week

  • Joe Biden fell off his bike in Delaware.

  • Retail report: Walmart now carries full-suspension, mid-drive electric bikes, a departure from its traditional focus on entry-level models; Halfords, the largest bike retailer in the UK, saw its share price tumble amid supply chain and inflation troubles; REI is adding some high-spec electric cargo bikes to its lineup and offering in-store service as well.

  • Helbiz intends to acquire Wheels, a shared micromobility platform that operates a fleet of 8,000 vehicles across the US.

  • UPS is now using its cycleway-friendly eQuad electric quadracycle to deliver parcels in New York City.

UPS's New Battery-Powered Cargo Cycles Hit NYC Streets
  • Why power specs don’t necessarily tell you all that much about ebike performance.

  • The Ola S1 Pro emoped now features cruise control thanks to an OTA update.

  • Autotalks is selling a V2X technology, built on the Commsignia platform, to micromobility manufacturers to prevent crashes by alerting riders to potential collisions.

  • Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 has at last launched its SWITCH/MTN electric mountain bike.

The SWITCH/MTN pedal-assist mountainbike is designed around Serial 1's CTY ebikes, but comes with some off-road specifics
  • Electric three-wheeler sales in India have doubled over the last year.

  • A recent study shows, after receiving a financial incentive to buy an ebike, people start cycling about 20% more.

  • A Canadian escooter retailer says the majority of its sales since Covid emerged have been to food delivery businesses.


🐣 Early Bird Ends Friday

Micromobility America is gearing up to return to the SF Bay Area on September 15-16, bringing two stacked days of exceptional content, networking, rides, product launches, and more.

Meet founders, c-level executives, investors, product developers, media, and other leaders to explore what role micromobility will play in the future of urban transportation.

For a limited time, between now until Friday, June 24th, you can register using Early Bird special and save $800 on regular tickets.

Book Early Bird Tickets Now!


  • Montreal’s Bixi, the second largest bikeshare system in North America, saw a record-breaking 1.3M trips in May.

  • With supply chains constricted, the market for ebike conversion kits is taking off.

  • Why owning your own operations matters in shared scooters: “The theory is that running operations in-house gives a company fuller visibility into its costs and operations and greater control over them.”

  • Paris is still Europe’s shared mobility capital in terms of fleet size, but Milan has the most shared vehicles per capita.

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  • Here’s a handy literature review covering the best practices for integrating micromobility and mass transit: “200–220 m from the docking station to the public transport station… has been found as the maximum distance that users are willing to walk to access public transport after returning the shared micro-vehicle.”

  • Bafang unveiled new 3-speed automatic shifting hub transmission.

  • Why computer vision is key to enabling shared micromobility adoption.

Drover AI
  • A new report finds that the average pedal bike in the US sells for $753, while the average ebike costs $2,600.

  • You are nearly three times more likely to die in a traffic collision in the United States than in France, but as recently as the 1990s, the two countries had roughly equivalent road fatality rates.

  • The average monthly car payment in the US has hits a record high of $712.


VOD

Earlier this month Micromobility Europe brought together a vast network of micromobility’s top global builders, investor, and thinkers for two days of engaging conversations and workshops. Now we’re making much of the content available to watch online, including:

🎉 Breaking news and product launches from the founders and CEOs of VanMoof, UBCO, Apollo, Miloo, Zoomo, and more

🇳🇱 How Amsterdam became the bike capital of the world, according to its Deputy Mayor

🛴 Tier’s founder on where shared micromobility is heading next

💸 What investors are saying about the VC market right now

📈 Ridership and revenue projections post-Covid

🇹🇷 Why Turkey might be the most overlooked scooter market in the world

🤔 What it means to meet the micromobility moment

🛠 How to overcome challenges in HW support

🦸‍♀️ Why small operators stand a fighting chance against the VC-funded titans

🤖 Why AI is going to be a huge deal in micromobility

… and much more. Plus don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date on all our latest videos.


Jobs to Be Done

Welcome to our jobs board, where every week we post open positions in hopes of connecting our talented readers with professional opportunities in the burgeoning world of new mobility. Find out who’s hiring below and sign up for the newsletter to view fresh listings every week.

Hit reply if you have a job that you’re interested in listing.

Dance: Software Engineering Lead & Electronic Engineer (Berlin)

Felyx: General Manager Germany (Berlin)

Micromobility Industries: Content Lead & Sales/Account Manager (remote)


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