The rate increase is part of parent company Meituan’s broader profitability push.
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Briefing: Management buyout of Mobike Europe nearly finalized
Mobike Europe branch is reportedly planning on branching out into e-bike and scooter rentals in the region.
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Briefing: Mobike, Hellobike are charging extra in Shanghai suburbs
Mobike has started to charge Shanghai users an extra RMB 20 (around $3) if they park a bike outside the company’s ‘area of operation.’
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Mobike will scrap some but not all of its Asia-Pacific businesses
Meituan-owned Mobike also denied that layoffs in Asia are part of a larger exit strategy.
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Mobike removed from WeChat Pay, increasing barriers for users
Mobike was added to WeChat Pay’s interface as a third-party service.
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Briefing: Mobike co-founder Hu Weiwei resigns as CEO
Hu’s resignation comes at a tumultuous time in China’s bike-rental industry.
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Mobike responds to claims of inflated numbers
A Bloomberg article found that Mobike operation details in the recent Meituan Dianpin filing were at odds with previously made public claims by the company.
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Mobike executive has been accused of sexually harassing 3 women
A screenshot of a letter from a Mobike female engineer containing detail accounts of sexual harassment by her superior at the company surfaced on the internet.
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Failures and opportunities: A pivotal moment for China’s mobility industry
Didi hopes new strategies will help it complete a U-turn that will get it out of the dead-end in which it finds itself.
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Briefing: Mobike begins replacing 40 thousand old bikes in Shenzhen
The company is doing so in compliance with recent government regulations that demand old bikes to be withdrawn before new ones can be introduced.
