The partnerships help the company offer an expanded range of ride services to choose from for users in Beijing and Shanghai.
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Briefing: Bike rental cool down prompts calls for policy change
As the bike rental cools down, industry insiders start to ask how well the bike ban fits current circumstances.
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Mobike joins ofo in Singapore with official launch
Months after dropping a hint for taking its services to overseas market, China’s top bike-rental startup Mobike announced today the launch of its hugely popular bike-sharing service in Singapore, the first stop of Mobike’s global expansion. Mobike’s operation in Singapore features its typical scan-and-go service. Singapore residents can now ride a Mobike by downloading the […]
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[Infographic] The differences between Mobike and Ofo
As the ride-hailing wars have disappeared, the latest war is bike-sharing (more like bike-rental), with Mobike and Ofo leading the pack. In case you weren’t sure how exactly they are different, WakeMeChat has made this handy infographic: Mobike’s technology seems to be a bit better, but how either company is actually making money is still a […]
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[Updated] O2O bike-rental deposits in China may not be as secure as users think
You must have noticed the boom bike-rental companies in China as an increasing array of rainbow colored bikes mushrooming on streets across the country. Endless financing rounds from big names like Tencent, Didi, and Foxconn have been injected into one or another of the startups that involved in a heating field. Despite the initial “wows” […]
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China sees first bike-rental merger
China has just seen its first merger in the burgeoning bike-rental sector. Youon (永安行), the Changzhou-based bike-rental startup which went public in August, announced yesterday the merger of Hellobike, another bike-rental player in China. Youon posted a statement on its website, announcing its sister company Youon Ditan (永安行低碳科技) merging with Shanghai Jun Zheng Network Technology […]
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China’s ride-hailing resurgence is just another step into the future of mobility
China’s ride-hailing industry has been facing turbulent times but it’s not just about overcoming Didi.
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8 questions about Chinese tech we will see answered in 2017
In the tech industry, new innovations are constantly supplanting old ideas and seemingly stable companies can find themselves facing unexpected challenges. However, the trends we saw started in 2016 posed questions that have yet to be answered. Here are eight of them we think will be answered in 2017. 1. Can Alipay effectively deter the aggressive rise […]
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Chinese electric carmakers might not be ready, but the money is
In recent years, a raft of Chinese entrepreneurs have been going around pitching and fundraising for their electric vehicle startups, but consumers haven’t seen much of those promises materialize until recently. On October 12, XPeng Motors unveiled its first pre-production run of 15 electric cars in China’s east-central city of Zhengzhou, where XPeng’s OEM partner—local automaker Haima Automobile’s subsidiary—is located. This batch, […]
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Gofun offers electric car rental for RMB 1 per hour
Editor’s note: A version of this post by Charles Liu first appeared on the Beijinger, a leading source of English-language lifestyle information on the city of Beijing. Beijing’s sharing economy has taken a huge step forward with the recent announcement that some 5,000 electric cars will be available to rent on a time-sharing basis in the city within two years. […]
