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Car2go pulls out of 5 North American cities casting more doubt on free-floating car-sharing’s viability

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 at 12:15 pm 2 Comments

Car2go is putting five cities in the rear-view mirror as the North American free-floating car-sharing market contracts rapidly. SHARE NOW, car2go’s parent company, said Friday that the service will shut… Read More

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Tech workers unite for the climate, pushing Amazon and other big companies to take action

by Todd Bishop on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 at 10:18 am1 Comment

The climate crisis surged to the top of the tech industry’s agenda this week, encouraged by a groundswell of activity from workers at Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other big tech… Read More

Lime shutters LimePod, raising questions about viability of free-floating car-sharing model

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 19, 2019September 22, 2019 at 6:35 pm 4 Comments

Car-sharing is stalling in Seattle. Lime is shuttering LimePod, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday, marking the second closure of a free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle in two months. Lime will begin… Read More

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Car-sharing’s seedier side: Criminal activity linked to LimePods in Seattle

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 9, 2019August 14, 2019 at 9:04 am 3 Comments

A Seattle man called the police on July 2 to report a crime. Three men in a LimePod vehicle attempted to run the caller over and threw rocks at him,… Read More

Lime customer enlists Washington AG to fight ‘deceptive’ LimePod car-sharing fee

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 at 2:24 pmComment

In February, Charlie Rogers signed up for LimePod, the new car-sharing service in Seattle from the company famous for the Lime bicycles scattered across town. Based on the “$1 to… Read More

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Lime launches new LimePod car-sharing service to all users in Seattle

by Taylor Soper on February 19, 2019February 20, 2019 at 10:05 pm 2 Comments

Lime is officially launching its new free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle. Lime, the transportation startup valued at $2 billion, ran a beta test for the past three months with a… Read More

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We tested Lime’s new car-sharing service, LimePod, that will take on BMW and Daimler in Seattle

by Taylor Soper on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 11:11 am 8 Comments

Lime bikes, Lime scooters, and now, Lime cars. Lime, the high-flying transportation startup valued at $1.1 billion, already has thousands of shared bicycles and scooters in more than 100 cities… Read More

Lime plans to launch 1,500 ‘LimePod’ cars in Seattle, creating largest car-sharing fleet in the U.S.

by Clare McGrane on November 13, 2018November 15, 2018 at 10:32 amComment

Shared bikes and scooters from transportation company Lime are already rolling across cities all over the U.S. But soon, the company will offer a higher-octane option, starting in Seattle: LimePods,… Read More

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