Will Scootermania End With A Crash?
Big Scooter is worth billions of dollars. Is this a sign we're in another tech bubble?
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Electric scooters have invaded the world's cities. They whiz down streets and lie abandoned in the middle of sidewalks, bringing both convenience and annoyance to citydwellers. There are now dozens of scooter-sharing companies, and the two biggest, Bird and Lime, are the fastest startups to reach a valuation of $1 billion in U.S. history. Each company is now valued at over $2 billion. Scooteristas claim it's a sign that they're revolutionizing transportation, but... really?
Scootermania
Big Scooter argues that technology on shareable e-scooters in the U.S., which is more than double the year before.
