Beijing and Shanghai have given no indication of whether the bans will be lifted.
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Mobike and Bluegogo double rates in Beijing in bid to stay afloat
Other bike-rental companies are considering raising prices, as warmer weather brings a likely rebound in trip numbers.
Briefing: Nonprofit buys abandoned rental bikes for school kids in Myanmar
Discarded bikes are languishing after the rental-bike boom went bust due to high retrieval costs.
Chinese city wants to regulate bike rental platforms with social credit system
Foshan will require Mobike, ofo, and other bike rental companies to hand over users blacklisted for bad parking.
Didi reprimanded for introducing new shared bikes in Beijing in red tape snafu
Didi’s struggles in the bike-rental market led to a launch of its own brand, Qingju.
Didi launches bike rental feature for blowing the whistle on ‘uncivilized’ users
So far, more than 1,000 user accounts have been frozen for periods of time ranging from five to 90 days.
Briefing: Didi takes punitive measures against deviant shared bike riders
The rules went into effect on Wednesday on Didi’s bike-rental platforms Qingju and Bluegogo.
Global bike rental is about to get even bigger: Cheetah Global report
Cheetah Global has come out with freshly-minted statistics on the state of the bike rental economy in the world. Public bicycles were first started in Europe but have seen their biggest success in the East starting from China’s dockless bike systems ofo and Mobike. According to the global distribution of active users gathered by Cheetah […]
Mobike, ofo say no to merger despite investor pressures
Despite the rumors and speculation surrounding a possible merger between Mobile and ofo, Mobike co-founder and CEO Davis Wang has made it clear again at TheYearAhead Summit that a “merger is not an option for the company,” local media is reporting. Similarly, ofo founder and CEO Dai Wei also expressed previously that the company would not […]
Court froze RMB 1.45 million of Ofo assets this month
While Ofo’s legal troubles pile up, millions of users are reportedly still waiting for their deposits.