April 2024
IPO hopeful Lime avoids share bike graveyard
The company says Sydney and Melbourne are among its most profitable cities as it eyes resurrecting its aborted plans to go public.
- Nick Bonyhady
February 2023
Why micro EVs are booming in Australia, even where they’re illegal
Better batteries and processing power underscore the rapid growth in the micromobility sector.
- Tony Davis
January 2023
Don’t fancy cycling, how about a tiny car?
Electric minicars use fewer materials to build, can travel further on a charge than their full-size counterparts and are cheaper to buy. What’s not to love?
- David Zipper
August 2022
Electric scooter revolution faces a reckoning in Stockholm
The electric scooter revolution that’s swept cities across the world is coming up against authority in Sweden’s capital.
- Isabella Anderson
February 2022
E-scooter company Beam to add 500 jobs, invest millions in Australia
Singaporean e-scooter company Beam is set to dedicate a third of its latest $US93 million ($129 million) capital raise to growing in Australia.
- Yolanda Redrup
December 2019
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Scooter start-up gets $27m boost for Aussie rollout
Australian tech VC fund Square Peg Capital has backed a Singaporean e-scooter start-up Neuron Mobility, which plans to learn from oBike's failure and expand across Australia.
- Yolanda Redrup
November 2019
Electric scooters are coming to a city near you
Trials of for-hire dockless e-scooters are already underway in Brisbane and Adelaide, set to start in Darwin early next year, and local councils in Sydney and Melbourne are keen to follow.
- Mark White
The scooters that ate Brisbane
Queensland's capital has taken to e-scooters with gusto – but questions about their safety and underlying business model complicate plans to roll them out nationwide.
- Mark White