Re:Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of...
by masonic on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:40PM
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Using your numbers, that's $6-9 of total gross revenue per day, with up to 3 pickup/charge/redeploy charges per day. That would mean a lot of days with a net operating loss even before fixed costs and debt service are considered.
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Re:Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of...
by woolvalley on Monday July 02, 2018 @08:57PM
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Pickups to recharge only happen once a day with birds AFAIK, and I don't know if half charged scooters are recharged. Most people do not use the full battery capacity of these things, which are 20+ miles. More charge used usually means more time used, which means more money.
Lime's scooters have a 20 mile range and charge $.15/min + $1 per use[1]. So assuming an average speed of 10mph, using the full battery would be 120 minutes of use, which is $18. Then you add the $1 unlock fees which would of happened multiple times, and you have something of at least $20 average gross revenue per day of a 'fully used scooter'.
These scooter companies probably have better data on average usage, which is probably why they are getting such huge funding amounts due to the $$$ potential.