JAKARTA - The Bolt Mobility electric scooter is no longer roaming around. The dockless rental company founded by Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt is reportedly closing suddenly in cities across the US.
According to a Tech Crunch report, Bolt is shutting down scooter operations in US cities including Portland, Oregon, Burlington, Vermont, South Burlington, Vermont, Winooski, Vermont, Richmond, California, and Richmond, Virginia, with confirmation from city officials. When The Verge contacted Bolt via the company's online contact form, it has yet to receive any response.
The sudden loss of Bolt services rendered a number of e-scooters and e-bikes inoperable and scattered throughout the city afterward. Bolt has grown in recent years and acquired e-scooter company Ojo last year, which merged with private mobility rental company Gotcha in 2019.
Bolt's mobility app is still online. The app currently allows you to zoom in to the city where it was last operational, but cities like Richmond have pop-ups in the app telling it that they are no longer available.
While in Miami, another message appeared. “Due to the City of Miami decision, all rentals have been decommissioned. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.” The in-app customer service chat just shows a blank screen now.
It also appears that the Bolt e-scooter has disappeared from the app map. The Bolt failure is the latest example of the difficulties involved in building a scooter rental industry that is built to last.
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