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...Creditors include dozens of cities across the US, as well as tech providers such as Amazon Web Services, fleet management software maker Zoba, data analytics company Palantir and Chinese scooter manufacturer Ninebot...
...So far, the vast majority of scooters available for hire have been produced by China’s Segway-Ninebot, with only limited customisation....
...Meanwhile, in more unconventional modes of transportation, the Chinese scooter maker Segway-Ninebot will be presenting a sit-down version of its self-balancing personal transporter designed for malls and...
...For consumers wanting to buy their own, Bird One will cost $1,299, more than twice as much as existing models from Segway-Ninebot....
...Segway-Ninebot, which is backed by Xiaomi, Sequoia Capital and Intel, has also profited from that growth. The company was formed in 2015 when Ninebot bought US “personal transporter” pioneer Segway....
...Most of these scooters are manufactured in China by Beijing-based Segway-Ninebot, which itself is currently looking to raise a significant new round of funding....
...Many are using exactly the same scooters, manufactured by China’s Segway-Ninebot, as Bird and Lime do in the US, and rivals have been able to easily replicate their GPS-based apps for finding and renting...
...In addition to its two-wheeled transporter, Ninebot also makes a single-wheeled version called the Ninebot One....
...April 2015 Chinese company Ninebot buys Segway for an undisclosed sum....
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