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Citing “careful consideration” and the “weighing up [of] many factors”, Lime has decided to retreat from Dunedin. But anyone with half a brain knows that the real reason because we threw so many of their scooters in the Leith.
Lime is a self-proclaimed “global leader in micromobility”, which sounds like the kind of pick-up line a slime mould in a suit at an urbanism symposium would try. They have had a presence here since January 2019, which feels like an eternity.
For many, this represents the end of an era. Neuron’s arrival earlier in the year caused massive upheaval in the electric scooter scene as their price massively undercut Lime’s, forcing the latter to quickly drop their own rates. This may have been an eventual contributor to Lime’s decision to depart.
Lime scooters will be gone from Dunedin within weeks. Now the company s reign in Dunedin is over, with rival operator Neuron confirming it will become the sole e-scooter operator in the city after a successful closed tender to the Dunedin City Council. Lime confirmed it would leave the city at the end of June after deciding not to apply for a new permit, public affairs director Lauren Mentjox said. “It has been a challenging but rewarding process to build a successful scooter share programme in Dunedin, and residents and visitors will continue to benefit from Lime s work to change the way people travel in the city,” she said.
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Press Release – Lime Lime, the worlds leading provider of shared electric vehicles, has announced a partnership with The Cacophony Project and 2040 Limited that will see its old scooter and bike batteries earn a second life powering tools designed to save New Zealands …
Lime, the world’s leading provider of shared electric vehicles, has announced a partnership with The Cacophony Project and 2040 Limited that will see its old scooter and bike batteries earn a second life powering tools designed to save New Zealand’s precious birds. The tools include thermal cameras that use machine vision to automatically identify bird predators, and humane traps to catch.