Uber's uhlelo lokushayela izindiza yokwethula iLime eMilton Keynes, e-UK, ngenyanga edlule kuphela okwakamuva ezindabeni ezishisayo ze-e-bike kulo nyaka. Ngo-Ephreli, inkampani enkulu yezobuchwepheshe yathenga iJUMP, inkampani yokuqala ukuqasha amabhayisikili anezinjini zikagesi eDC. Zombili lezi zinkampani, kanye ne-Santa Monica's Bird ne-Spin yaseSan Francisco bakhuphule imali ecishe ibe ngu- $ 1bn ngezimali esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka nje.
Kusho ukuthini-ke ukuthi imakethe nekusasa lezokuthutha?
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-e-bikes abonakala kuwumkhuba olapha ukuhlala. Uber akuyona ukuphela kwenkampani ukutshala imali ezimotweni. Ngaleli hlobo, UFord uthole iSpin - inkampani yokwabelana ngesithuthuthu eSan Francisco - ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zemakethe. Futhi imbangi ka-Uber uLyft wagxumela kwi-bandwagon ngokunikela ngama-e-scooter ngokuqasha kulo lonke elaseMelika.
Ngempela, uDkt Regina Clewlow we-MIT ubiza ngisho ne-2018 "Unyaka wesithuthuthu", ebhekisa kulo mkhuba ngokuthi "inguquko yokuhamba okuncane". Kuzwakala… izinguquko. Mhlawumbe nokuguqula kakhulu.
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Ngabe amadolobha alungele inguquko yokuhamba okuncane?
Ngaphandle komthelela ocacile omuhle wezemvelo wama-e-bikes, nezinkampani ezibonisa ukuzimisela ukuzibandakanya, akubona bonke abanethemba elinjalo. Izinkampani ezinjengeMobike bahoxise ama-e-scooter abo eManchester, UK ngoba zazintshontshwa futhi zicekelwa phansi. Ngenkathi u-Uber Uqalise ezamabhayisikili e-JUMP eSan Diego, izimoto zika-Ofo nezikaMobike zanyamalala emigwaqweni yasedolobheni ngemuva kwesikhashana kwethulwa lo mshini. Futhi ngaphandle kokuxhaswa ngu-Uber, ama-e-scooter kaLime avinjelwe eSan Francisco. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yize inezinhlelo zokuvelela zokwethulwa kwe-UK, uLime unjalo ebhekene nokuphikiswa ngabalawuli bezwe.
Ngisho izifundiswa zezokuthutha azivumelani ngokuthi ngabe ukushintshela ngokuphelele ezimotweni ze-e ekugcineni kuyinto enhle yini. UDkt Clewlow ukholelwa ukuthi abaphathi bamadolobha kufanele bazihlomise ngemininingwane eminingi ngangokunokwenzeka ekugcineni baklame kabusha i-cityscape ukuyenza itholakale kalula ezimotweni ezihlanzekile. Ngenkathi uSolwazi William Riggs wase-University of San Francisco ekholelwa ukuthi ama-e-izimotookuphazamisayo”Nokuthi amadolobha amaningi awalulungele lolo hlobo“ lokuphazamiseka ”.
Ingabe kuwufanele?
Uber uthi Yebo. Ngokombiko wabo, ukugxumela (ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso) kuma-e-bikes nakuma-scooter kunganciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ngamathani ayi-184 ngosuku eLondon kuphela. Futhi uma lokho kuyiqiniso edolobheni elikhulu, akukho lutho olungasikisela ukuthi ngeke lenze umehluko ofanayo emadolobheni amancane afana neManchester.
Kodwa-ke, ukuhlanganiswa okuphumelelayo kwezimoto ze-e kungenzeka kuphela ngengxoxo phakathi kwezinkampani zobuchwepheshe neziphathimandla. Impumelelo ye-Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Berlin, namanye amadolobha lapho ama-e-bikes ejwayelekile njengezimoto kuyisivumelwano salokho.
I-YouTube: I-Lime's Smart Mobility Fleet
Ngokuchofoza dlala, uyavumelana ne-YouTube Imigomo Yesevisi futhi Inqubomgomo yobumfihlo. Idatha ingase yabiwe ne-YouTube/Google.
Isikweletu sezithombe: Zonke izinto ezikhonjisiwe ku-athikili ziphethwe yiLime.
Imithombo: URobin Chase (Wired) / UGwyn Topham (The Guardian) / UNick Harris-Fry (Umqeqeshi/ Brittany Meiling (IGovtech/ Thomas Barrett (Ijenali Yezemvelo) / UJohn R. Quain, UStephen Edelstein (Amathrendi we-Digital) / URegina Clewlow (Forbes/ UDkt. Michael Naylor (Nzherald)
Isaziso sokuhlela: Lesi akusona isici esizinikele samasevisi weLime noma imikhiqizo. Kunezinkampani eziningi ezinhle laphaya ezihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezifanayo.
