Oh no, Bird is selling a kid s version of its ubiquitous scooters

Get the Full StoryTrying to sell 3-year-olds on a branded Silicon Valley scooter is just a bridge too far.

In 2018, a series of competing startups literally made it rain electric scooters in San Francisco. Companies like Lime, Scoot, and Bird dropped loads of ride-sharing equipment on sidewalks and let chaos ensue. Bones were broken. Scooters burned and piled up in a postapocalyptic garbage heaps. Then finally, because capitalism always wins, scooters normalized to become an everyday part of life in urban cities across the globe.Read Full Story

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