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Bay Area scooter company Lime to lay off 100 workers as it shrinks global
footprint: report
The Bay Area company whose electric scooters can be rented in San Jose and
Oakland is shrinking its footprint world-wide, it announced.
The move by San Francisco’s Lime will mean layoffs for about 100 workers,
Axios reported.
In announcing it would shut operations in 12 markets, Lime, founded in
January 2017, said it had shifted its main focus to making a profit. “While
the vast majority of our 120+ markets have adopted micromobility
transportation solutions quickly and are profitable, there are select
communities throughout the world where micromobility has evolved more slowly
,” Lime said in a blog post Thursday.
Neither of the company’s Bay Area markets are on the chopping block, nor is
South Lake Tahoe, according to the post. Slated for shutdown are operations
in San Diego, Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Antonio, Texas; plus Linz, Austria
; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Bogotá, Columbia; Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Montevideo, Uruguay; Lima, Peru; and Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in
Brazil.Neither of the company’s Bay Area markets are on the chopping block,
nor is South Lake Tahoe, according to the post. Slated for shutdown are
operations in San Diego, Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Antonio, Texas; plus
Linz, Austria; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Bogotá, Columbia; Buenos Aires,
Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Lima, Peru; and Rio de Janeiro and São
Paulo in Brazil.
Lime competitors Bird, Scoot, Lyft and Skip have all laid off workers or
quit markets over the past year, Axios reported Thursday.
“After two years of explosive growth, scooter companies have entered a new
phase — survival of the fittest in a capital-intensive, money-losing
industry,” according to Axios. “The companies have generated headlines for
huge losses as they attempt to manage vehicle attrition, labor costs, and
regulatory battles.”
Lime president Joe Kraus, citing improvements that he said extended the
lifetime of Lime scooters to 14 months from six months, said he was “very
confident” Lime would turn a profit this year. |
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