The Uber-invented U.S.-based car fleet has become so popular in the world that many Internet entrepreneurs have also taken advantage of Uber's philosophy and entered many shared areas. According to the latest news from foreign media, a shared skateboard electric vehicle company in California, USA, is currently investing 100 million U.S. dollars in venture capital. What is disturbing, however, is that skateboard electric vehicles have caused many accidents and faced relatively large government regulatory resistance.
According to the American science and technology media, this shared skateboard electric vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "scooter") is a company based in California, California, uprising of Monica. According to a number of informed sources, the company is currently in the process of financing $100 million and the transaction valued the company at $300 million.
The founder of the company was named Travis VanderZanden. He once served on U.S. network car companies Uber and Lyft. Uber's invention of sharing mode also inspired him to combine this mode with a skateboard electric vehicle.
Similar to the earlier Uber company, Bir circumvented the regulatory requirements of the city government, provided about 1,000 scooters on the street, and it was reported that as many as 50,000 users and 250,000 rides were performed.
According to reports from the Washington Post in the United States, from the beginning of this year to late February, the California Monica Police Department has intercepted 281 electric scooters and issued a total of 97 tickets.
In addition, the San Francisco Fire Department has received eight reports of accidents involving electric scooters that caused injuries to adolescents and adults.
According to current California laws, users of electric motorcycles must be 16 years of age or older to obtain a license plate for driving a vehicle, wear a helmet, and must not drive on the sidewalk.
Obviously, Bird's electric scooters are currently in a grey area in traffic law.
According to reports, the company’s management team is currently negotiating with Monica’s transportation department on how electric scooters will be a model of urban transport.
Whether the electric vehicles such as skateboarding vehicles can obtain the support of local government supervisory departments and whether the business model for sharing scooters can be pushed in more cities is still unknown.
In fact, in other Internet markets including China, there are entrepreneurs who imitate Uber’s business model and have introduced sharing services for other products or vehicles. However, some products have the risk of damaging consumers and have been blocked by the regulatory authorities.
