The scooters are lasting an entire season or more at this point, really to the point of obsolescence in terms of staying competitive with the market. Think the biggest drivers of that is that they're now made for the shared use cas so sor industrial vehicle grade use cases. And what was happening early on, as that there were actually theft rings that were taking these scooters and recalibrating them to be equivalent to consumer models.
The gang dips back into micromobility this week, welcoming Spin's Chief Business Officer Ben Bear to the show. Ben explains Spin's exciting new developments in teleoperation and even driver assistance systems for its scooters, and how these new technologies are impacting the business. Plus: the importance of city relationships, how Spin has benefitted from being part of Ford, the seasonal nature of micromobility, and the direction that long-term new product planning is headed in.