INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bird announced today that it will sell its electric scooters to entrepreneurs and small business owners, who can then rent them out as part
Bird says fleet managers, which may be independent entrepreneurs or local mom and pop bike rental shops, for example, can also collect and
keep in mind local regulations that, in certain cities, limit the number of scooters permitted on the streets
Bird says the company will initially begin rolling out Bird Platform in December, targeting markets where scooters are already actively used
and where regulations are a bit more relaxed
Bird Platform will be irrelevant in San Francisco, for example, where the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has put a cap on the
number of e-scooters available and has refused to grant Bird a permit to operate at all.The company hopes Bird Platform will be a helpful
would someone want to be a charger and make $5 a scooter, when they can manage their own fleet and keep all the earnings doing the same task
