Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behind in several US cities

Posted by bookofjoe on Monday August 01, 2022 @04:27PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/31/bolt-mobility-has-vanished-leaving-e-bikes-unanswered-calls-behind-in-several-us-cities/

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by trasz on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:23PM (#32314193)

„not to be confused with the European transportation super app also named Bolt„

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by rightbyte on Monday August 01, 2022 @06:09PM (#32312694)

A local e-scooter lender said their bikes lasted for 40 days on average. It is like a joke. And ofcourse they are trying to make up for losses per unit by increasing numbers.

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by moistly on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:45PM (#32314317)

So between the mining/manufacturing/delivery of new scooters and bikes, and endless running-around of a fleet of vehicles to continually pick-up the rentals for recharging & redistribution, it seems that the chances of these being a carbon-reducing scheme dwindle to s.f.a.

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by orm on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:32PM (#32313484)

I'm shocked they missed a pun opportunity in the headline.

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by bookofjoe on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:41PM (#32313558)

how's this?: https://electrek.co/2022/08/01/bolt-abandoned-electric-bikes...

and this: https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/08/01/scooter-operator-bol...

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Re:Bolt Mobility has vanished leaving e-bikes and calls behi... by 71a54xd on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:25PM (#32313434)

Good for whomever ends up scrapping these units for parts :)

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