By the close of the market, Lyft had made up nine percent. In addition: Teslas give even after scrapping still data and Hexhog is an all-terrain wheelchair.
Lyste’s IPO on Friday has been the dominant mobility issue of the US media in recent days: a plus of nine percent on the first trading day ensures that many other companies can hope for similar success, Wired reports. cnet Roadshow looks at the numbers and calculates that the Ridehailing provider has earned around 2.34 billion dollars with the IPO and is now valued at around 24 billion dollars. The colleagues also look ahead to the next big IPOs: Uber hopes for an IPO in 2019 and beyond Mobility, the tech heavyweights Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, and Airbnb want to go public. TechCrunch, on the other hand, is working towards the fact that Ridehailing, E-scooter, and bike startups have probably earned less money with IPOs than many think. The Verge analyzes in more detail the possible future of the company, and also reports of several hundred drivers who had gone to work in San Diego and San Francisco for the public offering in protest against low pay and poor working conditions. [More at Wired, cnet Roadshow, TechCrunch and The Verge]
On our side today Don Dahlmann calls in his torque column an “Amazon for mobility”. He says: It must finally be over with the many cumbersome mobility services that are complicated to use and explains how his vision looks instead. [More at NGIN Mobility]
And otherwise? Other mobility and startup stories:
Tesla’s Model 3 can still reveal information about the previous owner after scrapping. Among other things, computer experts were still able to access motion data and recordings from the video camera.
Harley-Davidson is preparing for the launch of Livewire. Among other things, the electric model ensures that every dealer must have charging stations and at least one specially trained sales and service employee.
Hexhog is the name of a new all-terrain wheelchair with six wheels. The vehicle, which has been developed for five years, has a top speed of around 15 kilometers per hour. [Mo