Jump bikes destroyed. Uber jump e bikes scrapped and destroyed after lime deal outraging cycling enthusiasts. Few if any of jumps former employees were shocked by the videos of the bikes being destroyed. Uber says it is responsibly recycling the jump branded bikes after lime acquired the division earlier this month but former employees and campaigners say they could have been donated. Footage of the distinctive red jump e bikes being destroyed at a north carolina recycling center was shared on social media on wednesday by user cris moffitt angering bike enthusiasts around the.
On may 22 and may 26 twitter user cris moffitt tweeted out photos and videos of jump e bikes being destroyed at a scrap yard in north carolina courtesy of a friend who works at the scrap yard. To some it even felt a fitting if upsetting coda to a troubled two years under ubers stewardship the main culprit of jumps decline and fall was a shift in company culture from efficient and idealistic to scale obsessed and wasteful. In 2018 uber said it would focus more on its electric bike and scooter business than on cars. Two years ago uber acquired the bike sharing startup jump for a reported 200 million.
Three weeks ago it offloaded the business to lime another micromobility company as part of a deal that. Tech may 29 2020. However in the us there has been criticism after thousands of the bikes were destroyed following the sale of the ebike company many people have reacted angrily to the destruction of thousands of uber jump ebikes.