The rate increase is part of parent company Meituan’s broader profitability push.
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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 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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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The company is doing so in compliance with recent government regulations that demand old bikes to be withdrawn before new ones can be introduced.
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Mobike does away with deposits in China
Meituan-owned bike rental firm Mobike has removed deposits for all users in China in an effort to standardize its deposit system. In May, the company began trialing deposit-free rides in Hefei, Hangzhou, Dongguan, and other cities. The trial area was then extended to one hundred areas around the country, including second and third-tier cities. However, a […]
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Mobike removes last hold over user behavior as it trials deposit free in 100 cities
Mobike is extending deposit-free, credit-free bike rentals to a hundred cities. After launching the deposit-free system in Hefei, Hangzhou, Dongguan and other cities in May, it will now spread to a hundred areas–including second and third-tier cities–covering more than half its China cities. The first tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen will not […]
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Typhoon Mangkhut pounds rental economy in southern China
Ride-hailing, bike rental, and food delivery services were all affected.
