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Micromobility startups struggle to profit despite heavy funding — here’s why

I recently attended a panel discussion on profitability featuring representatives from several rideshare providers at Micromobility Europe. Panelists were asked if their companies were profitable.  It might surprise you to know that despite whopping masses of funding, only one out of four was generating a profit:   ❌ Lime was founded in 2017 in the US and received $1.5B in funding. ❌ Dott was founded in 2018 in the Netherlands and raised $210.8M ❌  Swappable…

Exploring the limits of shared autonomous micro-mobility

Clip from the demo video of the MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project. Credit: Jimmy Day What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make micro-mobility systems even more efficient and attractive? Researchers at the MIT City Science group explore this and many other questions by using an agent-based simulation tool built ad-hoc to analyze the fleet behavior of shared autonomous micro-mobility…