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Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility

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The desire to achieve something as simple as keeping shared electric scooters off sidewalks has driven the development of some advanced technology in the micromobility industry. Scooter ADAS is probably the most doable and cost-effective method that cities can use to prevent unwanted rider behavior.

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The Station: Arrival slashes EV targets, more Tesla FSD controversy and NHTSA loses its captain

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I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. My one thought: perhaps, it’s time for us all to put our grown-up pants on and stop normalizing this kind of behavior. billion into shared micromobility companies.

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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

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Founded originally as Taxify and slowly growing the business just around ride-hailing for a number of years in less-scrutinized emerging markets, the company rebranded in 2019 as it kicked its strategy into a higher gear, with launches in cities like London and a move into micromobility, primarily around electric scooters.

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Daily Crunch: US dangles reward up to $10M for info on 6 elite Russian military hackers

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million, to deepen its micromobility presence in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K. “Our teams that rely on trying to hire outsourced engineers or consultants or whatever to build their product tend to move much slower than folks with a technical founder,” he added. and Canada. “They tend to get ripped off.”

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Revel’s Frank Reig shares how he built his business and what he’s planning

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However, Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig has set his sights far beyond building a shared moped service. This has allowed the founder to execute a grander plan to build an electric mobility company. When shared micromobility companies expand, they often just offer different vehicles. Revel secured another $33.8

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Extra Crunch roundup: Klaviyo EC-1, micromobility’s second wave, UiPath CFO interview, more

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This week, we published a four-part series about how Klaviyo co-founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen bootstrapped their startup into an e-commerce marketing automation platform now valued at $4.15 Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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Daily Crunch: 2 weeks after extended system failure, Alibaba CEO takes over company’s cloud division

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The hub also gives you some DJ mixes from the likes of TT the Artist, Carlita, AMÉMÉ, Coco & Breezy, &ME and Austin Millz. million in a seed funding round to help with a unified API that works with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams to help customers build apps for a number of use cases. Requires TC+ subscription.).