New Bird Technology to Stop Riding on Footpaths

By Scott Green | 11th November 2021 |
Bird Scooters Sidewalk Protection System

Santa Monica, California Bird has unveiled a new hyper-accurate global positioning technology to help stop people from riding e-scooters on footpaths. The Californian company has developed the Smart Sidewalk Protection system in partnership with Swiss-born tech developer u-blox, which is an industry leader in Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). A…

Bird Adds to Mixed Fleet Trend

By Phil Latz | 15th July 2021 |
Lady riding Bird Bike

California, USA Ahead of its stock market debut, e-scooter company Bird is entering the bustling e-bike sharing business with planned launches in cities in the US and Europe. Bird has been a significant player in the rapidly growing e-scooter market over recent years and much like its competitor Lime, it is now expanding into electric…

Bird Going Public at $3 Billion Valuation

By Phil Latz | 10th June 2021 |
Bird e-scooters

New York City, New York, USA Micromobility company Bird, announced Wednesday 12th May 2021 it plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. It will merge with Switchback II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a transaction expected to value the company at US$2.3 billion (A$3 billion) In a blog post announcing…