CA: Scooter-Sharing Company Wants to Fill the Streets with “Transit Pods”

Over the last several months a handful of startups have dropped hundreds or thousands of electric scooters on the sidewalks in cities like San Francisco, Austin, and San Diego, allowing anyone who downloads an app to unlock and ride them across town for a small fee. But scooters could be just the beginning.

Lime, a company that runs sharing services for scooters, pedal bikes and e-bikes, is developing a new type of vehicle known internally as a “transit pod.” Lime’s plan is to build an enclosed, electric vehicle that could hold one or two people, resembling a smart car or a deluxe golf cart.

Read the complete article at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-10/this-scooter-sharing-company-wants-to-fill-the-streets-with-transit-pods