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Pickup: Bird ACQUIRES Scoot

News Summit: The share electric scooter "Bird" announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a rival company "SCOOT" in the same industry.SCOOT draws a sharing electric scooter based on San Francisco.It is characterized by the ease of access to easy use with a smartphone, and has completed $ 47 million funding.

The acquisition amount itself has not been disclosed, but according to the WSJ, $ 25 million has been traded using stocks and cash.

Popular point: A share -type electric scooter trend that you do not feel so much when you are in Japan.The existence of LUUP, such as the example of LUUP, is gradually becoming known in Japan, but it seems that it will take time for the opportunity to use it to spread throughout the city.

By the way, there was news that the movement to legalize the use of electric scooters has begun in New York.It is a share business of an electric scooter that continues to expand, but it is not completely liberalized in the United States, which is considered advanced.

The next map summarizes the status of electric scooters in each state released by the NPO corporation "PEOPLEFORBIKES", showing the stance of the electric scooter in the United States.

Green (Model Legislation) is a state that has already been developed for electric scooters, yellow (ACCEPTABLE) is a state that can be used in the same way as bicycles, and red (Problematic) is the same as cars.is.As you can see in this color, the more you approach the west coast, the more the regulations are becoming more slow.

In San Francisco, California, where maintenance is relatively advanced, the only companies that can operate share -type electric scooters are limited to SKIP and SCOOTs acquired this time.This is a Pilot program recruitment by San Francisco, and one of the 12 companies has applied, and Bird is one of them.

However, in fact, BIRD has not been able to participate in this program, and it can be seen that this acquisition was not only a business expansion with a joint venture with rival companies, but also the acquisition of the company's program operation right in San Francisco.。

Mobility is a very important service that seizes infrastructure in each country, even if you look at examples such as Uber, DIDI (drops), and GRAB.In particular, the data obtained there is the possibility of spreading the supply chain, such as alleviating traffic congestion and another delivery service.

It seems to be an important perspective in divulging domestic services as to the balance between the explosive growth of the startup and the state regulations.