12: The Scooter Ecosystem with Michal Naka

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Twitter micromobility celebrity Michal Naka (@michalnaka), to talk about scooters, how they’re evolving in hardware and their interactions with cities and what the future might look like. It’s a packed episode. Specifically we cover: - How Michal ended up in micromobility through his skepticism of autonomous cars. (5:50-) - How the most valuable miles travelled are likely to be addressed by micromobility and not autonomous. (9:20-) - The history of the scooter supply chain.(13:00-) - The tradeoff that companies are making between opex and capex. (25:50-) - What future evolutions we’re likely to see in (29:30-) - How cities are responding to these new business models, and what we’re likely to see in the future. (33:46-) - How the diffusion theory applies to scooters and their evolution. (40:30-)

Ride AI · Oliver Bruce and Horace Dediu

November 21, 201843m 25s

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In today’s episode, we’re joined by Twitter micromobility celebrity Michal Naka (@michalnaka), to talk about scooters, how they’re evolving in hardware and their interactions with cities and what the future might look like. It’s a packed episode. Specifically we cover: - How Michal ended up in micromobility through his skepticism of autonomous cars. (5:50->) - How the most valuable miles travelled are likely to be addressed by micromobility and not autonomous. (9:20->) - The history of the scooter supply chain.(13:00->) - The tradeoff that companies are making between opex and capex. (25:50->) - What future evolutions we’re likely to see in (29:30->) - How cities are responding to these new business models, and what we’re likely to see in the future. (33:46->) - How the diffusion theory applies to scooters and their evolution. (40:30->)

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micromobilitylightweight electric vehiclesdisruptive innovationtransportationclimate changeasymco

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