Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scooters following Jump sale

Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by foolinaround on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:33PM (#23340706)

they should have shipped them to countries where the liability laws are not stringent, get them into the hands of kids who could tinker with them...

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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by sitkack on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:46PM (#23340866)

Could you imagine all the skills and the secondary economy having 10k of these bikes dropped on a 2nd world city?

These things would rock Kathmandu.

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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by renewiltord on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:21PM (#23341280)

Yeah, someone would accidentally puncture a battery and it'll burn them and then the headlines will say "Uber is dumping exploding bikes on Third World people".

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