Electric Scooter

(Reuters) - Scooter company Bird has raised $275 million in a funding round led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, it said on Thursday, in a deal valuing the firm at $2.5 billion before the investment. Santa Monica, California-based Bird is an electric scooter se…

US electric scooter-sharing service Bird founder and CEO Travis VanderZanden poses for a picture in Paris on July 10, 2019. AFP/Getty Images Bird is refreshing its coffers and has raised an additional $275 million in Series D funding, the company announced…

Electric-scooter company Bird said today it has raised $275 million in fresh funding at a $2.5 billion valuation, bringing its total financing to about $700 million. The funding, led by Canadian asset manager CDPQ and Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia Capi…

A 59-year-old Fort Lauderdale man accused of cutting the brake lines on more than a dozen electric rental scooters has been arrested. Police caught Randall Thomas Williams red-handed on camera, apparently tampering with the brakes on a pair of scooters in a …

Hey, cut it out! A Florida man has been busted for snipping the brake lines to Fort Lauderdale’s electric scooter-share program, authorities said. Randall Williams, 59, was hit with a third-degree felony criminal mischief charge Sunday after he was caught o…

As part of San Francisco’s program to operate shared electric scooters in the city, it’s requiring providers to pilot adaptive scooters to ensure people with disabilities are not left out from this new form of transportation. Companies are expected to deploy …

Via Designboom: hong kong based studio altplus has developed the latest interpretation of the lumos hardshell helmet with integrated safety light features. the latest models, titled ‘matrix’ and ‘street’, mark the second generation of the helmet. designed es…

Image copyrightPolice handoutImage caption Cameras captured a man apparently tampering with the vehicles A man in Florida has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with electric scooters that were available for hire on the streets of his neighbourhood. …

Article by Urbanist, filed under Vehicles & Mods in the Technology category A combination of rugged and road-worthy, this self-balancing electric scooter boasts quick-start functionality and speeds of up to 25 mile per hour, perfect for scooting throug…

The drone a three-year-old could fly Last year, I got to play with one of the most amazing gadgets I’ve ever touched: a drone that flies itself, a drone that could follow me through a park without crashing into trees, a drone that could map out the world usin…