Bicycles are eating the lunch of China’s dominant car-sharing app
By Li Tao
Didi Chuxing last year beat the car-sharing business model’s pioneer Uber Technologies at its own game, and bought out the New York company’s China business to become the dominant app for hailing...
Chinese company wins Adelaide bikeshare monopoly as competitor ordered to leave
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The only competitor to bikeshare giant ofo has been told to cease operating in Adelaide, handing the Chinese company an effective monopoly as it lobbies to become a sanctioned private arm of SA’s...
China’s Ofo to launch bicycle sharing service in India through tie-up with Paytm
By Salman S.H.
Beijing-based bicycle sharing start-up Ofo is expected to launch its services in India on Monday and will be made available on Paytm, three people familiar with the development said. Social media posts...
Bike-Sharing Companies Transform U.S. Cities
By Douglas Johnson
Residents of major U.S. cities are becoming used to seeing docks for bike sharing programs nestled into parking spaces or next to subway station entrances. Adorned with stylish branding and corporate sponsors'...
Ofo, Mobike to Launch Bike-sharing Services in Israel
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Beijing-based bike-sharing company Ofo is set to launch its service in Israel this week. The service will be available in Ramat Gan, a city adjacent to Tel Aviv, the City of Ramat Gan announced.
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How London could improve its bike-share system
By Carla Fried
Dozens of cities, from Chicago to Paris to Shanghai, have rolled out bike-share programs over the past decade to relieve pressure on automobile-clogged roadways and overtaxed public-transportation systems—and to potentially improve public...
Sweden Puts Its Money On Small Electric Vehicles
By Steve Hanley
Elon Musk likes to start at the top and work down. In Sweden, when it comes to EV incentives, the government is starting at the bottom and working its way up. According...
UBER ACQUIRES ELECTRIC BIKE-SHARING SERVICE JUMP BIKES
By James Ayre
The embattled on-demand taxi service firm Uber has announced that it has acquired the electric bike-sharing service startup JUMP Bikes, marking the company’s further investment into the on-demand mobility services sector.
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China’s Meituan buys bike-sharing firm Mobike in mobility push
By Yingzhi Yang, Meng Jing, Coco Liu
Meituan will acquire 100 percent of loss-making Mobike for US$2.7 billion, according to a person briefed on the terms, who asked not to be named as the information was not public. Yicai,...
‘Sharing economy’ in China feeling the growing pains of rapid expansion
While the "sharing economy" based on communal use of items and spaces has rapidly expanded in China with ride-sharing and other services, sudden service interruptions and unreturned deposits are also rising to the surface.
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