Why Scooter Startups Are Worth Billions

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    Dock-less electric scooter companies are now worth billions of dollars. Are they really the future of personal transportation, a passing fad, or an invasion of public spaces?
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  • @PolyMatter
    @PolyMatter  Před 5 lety +897

    Fun fact: Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) created a sport called Segway polo. Where’s scooter polo? And will scooters become Paul Blart’s next preferred mode of transport? Just a few questions for you to sit on this weekend.

    • @fahdyazin82
      @fahdyazin82 Před 5 lety +1

      You should initiate the Scooter Polo movement in your college(college grounds) and see how the local community loves it. Wont be long before it spreads if its gripping. Also, it'd be deeply significant if you could do a video on healthcare/hospitals and their problems, solutions etc. As always love your vids man.

    • @emmanuel7155
      @emmanuel7155 Před 5 lety +2

      Another connection to Apple :D

    • @juliotorres5056
      @juliotorres5056 Před 5 lety

      Not banned in Columbus, Ohio. Check your facts.

    • @debojitmandal8670
      @debojitmandal8670 Před 5 lety

      When u say scooter I din't think of this as scooter. I call moppets as scooters

    • @randomcallum
      @randomcallum Před 5 lety +1

      QR codes finally found a use ? Do you know nothing of china literally everything is done by QR code I gen even register my house to the police with a QR code and this scooter stuff has been in china for years but with bikes that have locking stations etc

  • @NutHoofd
    @NutHoofd Před 5 lety +540

    At the start of this video I immediately thought; _"Why don't we have those scooters in the country I live in?"_
    Then I realized that I live in the Netherlands, where bikes are literally everywhere, including swappable bike services and whatnot. Heck, even the hobos usually have multiple bicycles here.

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 Před 5 lety +21

      you entire country is only 41,526 km2 my state is 169,640 km2
      population 17,170,000 Netherlands 5,795,483 my state
      density 416.7/km2 vs 105/sq mi so it's not the best seeing as my state is much larger then your nation but also less populated, meaning less money and more costs and time.
      All information taken from Wikipedia
      one last thing I had placed my state density in square miles, let me correct it to square kilometers 40.6/km2.

    • @MrJuanmarin99
      @MrJuanmarin99 Před 5 lety +68

      @@speedy01247 But cities should be similar. But the car-centric American view shaped the cities in a way that now are very anti-pedestrian.

    • @NutHoofd
      @NutHoofd Před 5 lety +1

      @FancehPants interesting, didn't know that. I wonder whether they'll want to approach this country in a similar matter, or if they have a different idea (if they plan on actually doing stuff here), then.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky Před 5 lety +11

      I was wondering when this is gonna be a thing in my country. I already see tons of people riding their personal electric scooters. Then I realized that I live in Romania and that 1% of scooters affected by theft would be made sure to turn into 100% by the gypsies which would make city wide campaigns of stealing every single scooter on every single sidewalk.

    • @98Zai
      @98Zai Před 5 lety +5

      mrkiky LOL, that's the exact same prejudice some Swedish people have about Romanians xD

  • @funnyman4744
    @funnyman4744 Před 4 lety +170

    Update: BIRD has laid off 406 employees and LIME has laid off about 100 and got rid of 12 markets,

    • @c.j.3404
      @c.j.3404 Před 2 lety +49

      Who would have thought a pandemic that keeps people inside would hugely damage a transportation company.

    • @elizabethblane201
      @elizabethblane201 Před 2 lety +3

      The Bird stock is down 84% YOY as of 5-6-22.

    • @sniur7907
      @sniur7907 Před rokem +2

      @@c.j.3404 lmao literally this. They’re booming again

    • @ilikecringe
      @ilikecringe Před rokem +1

      @@sniur7907 and making me a lot of money

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Před rokem

      Woo free scooters!

  • @GhostZodick
    @GhostZodick Před 5 lety +706

    I'm expecting a start up for shared girlfriend/boyfriend.
    "Sir, I'm not prostituting. I'm spending my time with a shared girlfriend."

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn Před 5 lety +32

      Already very popular in Austin, open relationships for cash and prizes.

    • @MrROTD
      @MrROTD Před 5 lety +22

      Sounds perfect they all become shared girlfriends eventually anyhow might as we ll make a practical thing

    • @bee22r
      @bee22r Před 5 lety +8

      Tinder?

    • @ragon747
      @ragon747 Před 5 lety +6

      Sugar Daddy

    • @davidagiel8130
      @davidagiel8130 Před 4 lety +6

      You could work for EA with reasoning like that ;)

  • @Nertez
    @Nertez Před 5 lety +122

    I love how tiny scooters are "litter" but huge heavy pieces of metal - cars, literally everywhere, are OK.

    • @hoxtalicous8986
      @hoxtalicous8986 Před 4 lety +25

      Because people didn’t come in and dump a ton of cars over night with out the city realising.

    • @sunday8979
      @sunday8979 Před 4 lety +12

      Lifespan of a rental scooter vs. lifespan of passenger car? The abysmally short scooter lifespan makes them environmental nightmares.

    • @ludoviccoutu7960
      @ludoviccoutu7960 Před 4 lety +4

      @@sunday8979 you think electric scooters are worst for the environment than cars?

    • @electrichanoi7244
      @electrichanoi7244 Před 4 lety

      Sunday They’re pretty much just made out of steel and recyclable plastic. I bet the average life time is about a year, they’ve been in my city for almost a year and they are getting really good usage.

    • @sunday8979
      @sunday8979 Před 4 lety +3

      Jack Emanuel Let’s just forget about the lithium battery and how easy it is to dispose of those things and will you please just google “average lifespan of a ride share scooter.”

  • @todberry5068
    @todberry5068 Před 5 lety +1607

    What's next… driverless scooters?

    • @MinecraftMasterNo1
      @MinecraftMasterNo1 Před 5 lety +52

      Well, considering the fact that some Japanese dudes just invented self-balancing driverless bikes, I wouldn't put scooters off the automation list

    • @Optimistas777
      @Optimistas777 Před 5 lety +65

      one-seat self-balancing and driving bikes with roof. Let's conquer the world, tod

    • @erinmontoya1128
      @erinmontoya1128 Před 5 lety +13

      I'd invest in that lol

    • @dicebagdaryl
      @dicebagdaryl Před 5 lety +6

      media.giphy.com/media/FUtkjovPOoU1y/giphy.gif

    • @Nozomu564
      @Nozomu564 Před 5 lety +23

      A self reparking rental vehicle that can move to a better location?
      I'm pretty sure they are already thinking about it.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy Před 5 lety +1048

    *Next Big Thing will be Rental Jetpacks!*

  • @CyberQuickYT
    @CyberQuickYT Před 4 lety +38

    PolyMatter films:
    Scooter Wars
    In a street, far far away, there were scooters...

  • @liorzisman2968
    @liorzisman2968 Před 5 lety +23

    I just discovered this channel and im totally in love with the type of content and style. You are brilliant. Never stop making those please!

  • @kungfukenny828
    @kungfukenny828 Před 5 lety +229

    Hey Polymatter, quick sidenote, in Asia they use QR-codes a lot!

    • @kingofthejungle4491
      @kingofthejungle4491 Před 5 lety +33

      Especially China. These Lime or Bird bikes and scooters with QR codes are copying companies in China.

    • @kungfukenny828
      @kungfukenny828 Před 5 lety +22

      Could not agree more, the analysis of Polymatter is also limited, because in many European and Asian (indeed China) countries, they already have it or have bike systems, which is even healthier than those scooters.
      Also, this analysis is limited since it focuses on the U.S. where public transportation sucks.
      I loved the video, but it felt kinda off and got triggered by him saying no one uses the QR code.

    • @firewoodloki
      @firewoodloki Před 5 lety +11

      Not Asia, just China, and the companies from China.

    • @KrishnaAdettiwar
      @KrishnaAdettiwar Před 5 lety +9

      Kung Fu Kenny public transportation in parts of the US is some of the best in the world. In other parts of the US like Alaska, it’s unsafe and not needed because of its low population density and huge landmass. Depends on where you are in the US that public transportation sucks. Where I live, it’s wonderful. Also, there’s not a single public transportation system in the world that doesn’t suffer from the last mile problem

    • @kungfukenny828
      @kungfukenny828 Před 5 lety +2

      No man, in many Asian countries... Taiwan, Malaysia, South-Korea I have witnessed it myself so yeah.

  • @DarkuJ
    @DarkuJ Před 5 lety +320

    "never seen anyone wear a helmet"
    *Shows video of someone wearing a helmet*

    • @paulthorwesten7377
      @paulthorwesten7377 Před 4 lety +33

      DarkuJ The magic of stock footage

    • @Netsuko
      @Netsuko Před 3 lety +9

      I'd like to see a single example where stock footage or stock photos ACTUALLY represent the real world. :P

  • @MrWuggles
    @MrWuggles Před 5 lety +53

    Funny how you used Seattle as an example, since currently electric scooters are banned there.

    • @manujohn99
      @manujohn99 Před 4 lety

      reallyyyy they are banned in Seattle????

    • @thevikingwarrior11
      @thevikingwarrior11 Před 4 lety

      @@manujohn99 As of current, the city is actually in talks of legalizing them to be ridden. I'm not a big fan of it mainly due to their ties to Uber and the fact that they chewed up profit from an industry I am a part of.

    • @manujohn99
      @manujohn99 Před 4 lety

      @@thevikingwarrior11 what part of industry are you?

    • @thevikingwarrior11
      @thevikingwarrior11 Před 4 lety

      @@manujohn99 I give leisure pedicab rides. It may seem like I'm part of the tourism industry, but I do play a pretty vital role of getting folks out of traffic jams during major events like concerts and ballgames, but also rush hour times as well. I can beat any Uber or Lyft car usually ten times out of eleven when there is heavy traffic due to the fact that Seattle has a pretty immaculate infrastructure made of bike paths.

    • @manujohn99
      @manujohn99 Před 4 lety

      @@thevikingwarrior11 How much do you normally charge for this pedicab ride?

  • @shutupMaji
    @shutupMaji Před 5 lety +131

    Always wanted to flex on others with a supreme scooter

    • @samsharma8621
      @samsharma8621 Před 5 lety +1

      Light killed you ur a noob

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn Před 5 lety

      Theyres a 40mph one now, dual motors and things.

    • @terrya450
      @terrya450 Před 5 lety

      just hop up a gas scooter... they cant tell you what power sorce you can use they are eather allowed or not

  • @user-tf6kq9hr6s
    @user-tf6kq9hr6s Před 5 lety +620

    Do a video on Discord. That'd be nice.

    • @MinecraftMasterNo1
      @MinecraftMasterNo1 Před 5 lety +1

      I think he's waiting to see if their whole gaming store thing will come to fruition. It needs to at least be somewhat comparable to steam if it wants to stay relevant.

    • @Fruitysfaction
      @Fruitysfaction Před 5 lety +13

      What about?

    • @supahx1421
      @supahx1421 Před 5 lety +31

      discord pretty much sucks behind the scenes

    • @dojomojo5085
      @dojomojo5085 Před 5 lety +14

      Naw, dude. It's pretty good if you ask me.

    • @chris08091
      @chris08091 Před 5 lety +26

      and their shady privacy policy

  • @timelyrain
    @timelyrain Před 5 lety +172

    buttery smooth transition into sponsored content.

  • @lon7082
    @lon7082 Před 4 lety +3

    Love the way this channel builds an argument, and the visuals are fantastic too. Keep up the good work!

  • @r4sk3t96
    @r4sk3t96 Před 5 lety +57

    I can not wrap my mind around how he makes this good sponsor transitions

  • @user-ei7ed6zy9k
    @user-ei7ed6zy9k Před 5 lety +111

    the "litter bikes" are useless in Urban cities. In London, the wheel lock gets broken by kids to get unlimited rides

    • @magmagon5572
      @magmagon5572 Před 5 lety +48

      They have GPS attached to them and whenever the company sees suspicious movement, they send out police or some kind of alarm. I moved on of the bird scooters that was blocking the sidewalk and it screamed the whole 5 feet I moved it.

    • @campkira
      @campkira Před 5 lety +13

      @@magmagon5572 just keep doing that profit will get cut.

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn Před 5 lety +3

      @@magmagon5572 Some bikes amazingly have no GPS and use the app pin instead.

    • @caseyb1346
      @caseyb1346 Před 5 lety +31

      @@magmagon5572 That's not entirely true. I used to work for Limebike so let me break it down real quick.
      First, while there are GPS's, those GPSs are located IN the wheel lock. Knock the box off, the bike is no longer trackable.
      Second, when the bike/scooter/whatever is screaming at you that its going to call the police, that's a bluff. None of them have the capability to do that. While suspicious movement does show up on the App, the companies are already stretched to the limit just keeping up with the pace of operations. It's actually more economical to just write those bikes/scooters off as a loss and move on.
      The 1% of bikes lost to theft is pretty accurate. However a much greater percentage are lost to vandalism. People really got their jollys tossing limebikes in lakes, on train tracks, in high ways, spray painted, ect ect ect. About 10% of bikes are being trashed maliciously.
      The scooters don't seem to have as much of a issue here. I think it's because they take up less room. Other then people constantly knocking them over, vandalism and theft rates are lower, and usage rates are a lot higher. That's why you've seen bicycles vanish, and replaced by scooters. They cost more and have way more overhead in charging costs, but their ROI is way better.

    • @notmyrealname3462
      @notmyrealname3462 Před 4 lety +7

      @@campkira there is no profit, they cost about 500 to make, and they make about 5 a day in revenue before they break in average 30 days, losing about 350 per scooter. The only money coming in is from investors that will never see their money back

  • @rabarber9610
    @rabarber9610 Před 5 lety +45

    Scan the QR-codes "I guess we finally found a good use for those" . Nice :')

  • @gepe.
    @gepe. Před 5 lety

    Great stuff, love how smooth you pull the sponsors.

  • @ProactiveThinker
    @ProactiveThinker Před 5 lety +57

    Every video is a masterpiece!
    Good job!

    • @navtaria9
      @navtaria9 Před 5 lety +1

      Your videos are also too good

  • @Megasmithy2001
    @Megasmithy2001 Před 5 lety +398

    Not going to lie, at first glance I read it as ‘Why school shooters are worth billions’.

    • @ivanssecondchannel8696
      @ivanssecondchannel8696 Před 5 lety +34

      damn if only i was worth billions

    • @RedLeader327
      @RedLeader327 Před 5 lety +71

      They kind of are. The media milks them for all they’re worth.

    • @klutz3955
      @klutz3955 Před 5 lety +1

      Great thinker here

    • @cellcat
      @cellcat Před 5 lety +1

      This misread title makes me think about the real revenue model behind Korean pop entertainment companies: Sasaengs. Saesangs? (what ever way it's speled lol!).

    • @DaybreakPT
      @DaybreakPT Před 5 lety +4

      If you divide the networks' annual revenue by the average amount of time they dedicate to school shooters in their news cycle and tally them all up together you might find in the US at least, that might be truer than you realize.
      People love sensationalist news and can't afford to pass up the latest thing that is being talked about so school shooters are literally worth billions for american news corporations by a certain amount of time, could be 1 year, 3 or 6 I haven't crunched the numbers.

  • @steffybelizzz9665
    @steffybelizzz9665 Před 5 lety +1

    This video is so awesome!!!! I'm excited and inspired by the quality and level of information within.
    Thank you PolyMatter!

  • @robertomedina9824
    @robertomedina9824 Před 5 lety +3

    Wow, what a break down! Thank you for posting this!

  • @TheNashNetwork
    @TheNashNetwork Před 5 lety +307

    That pile of bikes in China made me so sad and angry

    • @manu.yt25
      @manu.yt25 Před 5 lety +84

      Now think about the billions (for most) useless cars that are in our world.... and a lot won't be even recycled properly when their life will be finished (and a lot won't even last long, because "buying a new car is fun")...
      Our current world is a giant waste.

    • @Pernection
      @Pernection Před 5 lety +15

      They could be exported and repaired. $$$!

    • @GDMHificationranpitc
      @GDMHificationranpitc Před 5 lety +4

      Manu one billion passenger vehicles 30,000 death annually in automobiles US.
      WE NEED JESUS

    • @DaybreakPT
      @DaybreakPT Před 5 lety +9

      My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable.

    • @thomaswaller8195
      @thomaswaller8195 Před 5 lety +17

      On the bright side, FREE BIKES

  • @suprememax4948
    @suprememax4948 Před 5 lety +5

    I just discovered these last week and used them with friends for the first time, as bird and lime came to my city (Vienna) only very recently. It's really interesting to see how such a huge number of those scooters entered the city's ecosystem in that extremely short period of time (less than two weeks it seemed like) and already is very commonly being used in the city Center by many people.
    My personal experience with them was that, although it not being a massive step further in convince (since Vienna, as many European cities has outstanding public transport), it still is a nice and fun timesaver, especially in the inner city districts, that I can see being utilised by quite a number of people (especially by those working in the city).
    It's going to be very interesting to see how these companies manage to implement a system that fits American cities as well as European cities, which are massively different in terms of urban planing and sociocultural factors as well.
    Thanks for making this video mate! It truly is an Interesting topic with a lot of positive potential for car-less urban development as far as I am concerned.

  • @knicks2030
    @knicks2030 Před 5 lety

    And this is why I love your channel, I had no idea about this, did not really care about it, yet came out extremely interested in this topic and now have something to talk about with others. Thank you!

  • @voranartsirisubsoontorn9010

    Great summary you have done.

  • @2504ish
    @2504ish Před 5 lety +100

    jokes aside and all QR codes are actually a huge thing in Asia

    • @hijack69
      @hijack69 Před 5 lety +10

      China isn't Asia

    • @Soosss
      @Soosss Před 5 lety

      Cant u pay for shit with QR in asia?

    • @winsaki234
      @winsaki234 Před 5 lety

      @@Soosss yes you can

    • @nullnull7089
      @nullnull7089 Před 5 lety

      @@hijack69 Well anywhere in Japan/Korea with a lot of Chinese tourists has QR codes too, it might actually be possible to survive in Tokyo only using wechat.

    • @preciousjose
      @preciousjose Před 5 lety +9

      @@hijack69 so, not just China. QR codes are huge in India as well. Unlock cycles, pay for goods and all that.

  • @shatley123
    @shatley123 Před 5 lety +57

    I love scooting 🛴 in Austin and I don't have a car so it's very convenient. But 2 billion valuation? A little high if you ask me.

    • @jdez095
      @jdez095 Před 5 lety +6

      And for that reason.... I'm out

    • @ItsMaha
      @ItsMaha Před 5 lety

      shatley123 yesss I love it in Austin it’s also fun

    • @voidofspaceandtime4684
      @voidofspaceandtime4684 Před 4 lety +1

      +Dapper
      It will be 0 billion once cities keep banning them.

  • @PerfectRain17
    @PerfectRain17 Před 5 lety

    Nicely put together.

  • @cnburbridge
    @cnburbridge Před 5 lety

    Great job! A very thorough and thoughtful video.

  • @matthuresky3472
    @matthuresky3472 Před 4 lety +7

    These scooters are definitely NOT banned in Columbus, OH. Bird, Lime, Lyft and one or two more companies have scooters all over the Ohio State campus.

  • @MichaelJayValueInvesting
    @MichaelJayValueInvesting Před 5 lety +168

    Lime bikes just started popping up in my city. Since then, my opinion of them has soured.

    • @garret1317
      @garret1317 Před 5 lety +39

      nice pun

    • @mrunknewn2518
      @mrunknewn2518 Před 5 lety +3

      You are everywhere :O

    • @LeaderofChickens
      @LeaderofChickens Před 5 lety

      They’ve been in the Bay Area for quiet a while thanks (or not thanks) to the proximity to the Silicon Valley. Too many bike in the middle of a sidewalk or blocking streets.

    • @dannypeck96
      @dannypeck96 Před 5 lety +3

      I personally think cities should offer a bounty of say, $20 a scooter, and each week burn the fuckers.

    • @dannypeck96
      @dannypeck96 Před 5 lety +5

      it's not neccesarily the scooters, its the riders. if they're anything like cyclists (looking at you, deliveroo riders) who have no concern for the rules of the road and insist on riding in the middle of the street at 15mph in a 30/40/60 zone, ill take great pleasure ruining their balance with my wing mirror. done it before, will do it again. companies like this just aggrivate the problem.
      and before you suggest i "scoot to work/school/whatever" instead of driving, my job REQUIRES the use of a car, and am actually timed on trips to improve efficiency. right now where i live thankfully we don't have these menaces, but we do have lycra louts and they are the bane of my work.
      TL;DR
      the riders need to be shot.

  • @eamonshields2754
    @eamonshields2754 Před 5 lety +2

    Awesome breakdown as usual !!

  • @Bryanv929
    @Bryanv929 Před 5 lety

    Almost watched all your videos last night :D very informative. Keep it up

  • @chrisogrady28
    @chrisogrady28 Před 5 lety +46

    I’m always taken back by how walk-shy modern humans are, I have a bike and a car in a very hilly city but I walk or run to and from everywhere within 5 miles, it’s not hard, it doesn’t take that long, you can listen to podcasts, audiobooks etc.

    • @user-wx2wx9fl4i
      @user-wx2wx9fl4i Před 4 lety +7

      It’s faster to bike or use a scooter. Alot of fun too

    • @chunkemonke398
      @chunkemonke398 Před 3 lety +3

      My commute to my warehouse job is 4 to 6 times faster if I just drive. I’m not walk shy, I just want to save time and energy.

    • @chistinelane
      @chistinelane Před 3 lety

      My body is fucked from working my life away

    • @aburrki6732
      @aburrki6732 Před 2 lety

      a lot of cities aren't built for walking, distances are massive, and the roads are not made with pedestrians in mind, a lot of them not even having proper side walks. I've seen videos of people trying to walk in american suburbs, it's hell.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia Před 2 lety

      @@aburrki6732 but walking is so healthy

  • @WholesomeLad
    @WholesomeLad Před 5 lety +190

    I havent been on a scooter since 2010

    • @ankush-kl2nf
      @ankush-kl2nf Před 5 lety +1

      yes

    • @merco3626
      @merco3626 Před 5 lety +4

      Well ur quite the wholesome lad

    • @Ismail-cm8xs
      @Ismail-cm8xs Před 5 lety

      Wholesome Lad Haven't been in a scooter since I WAS BORN.

    • @campkira
      @campkira Před 5 lety

      I alway thought it for girl and young kids since walking would be faster. Anyway, it come and go.

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn Před 5 lety

      We were all curious.

  • @romanlopez8653
    @romanlopez8653 Před 5 lety

    Well explained, very thorough. Nice!

  • @hiidude5811
    @hiidude5811 Před 5 lety

    Amazing information man

  • @krishnamahale6428
    @krishnamahale6428 Před 5 lety +3

    Man! your videos make my day.

  • @albertbrzozowski
    @albertbrzozowski Před 4 lety +6

    This is a very interesting topic. See, I skate to work. And I don't skate all the way - I live in a different town to where I work. It's about a 40 minute commute by bus. But as you pointed out in most cases bus are only fully convenient for a few people using them. The rest has to walk to a bus stop go catch them and then walk the rest of the way from where they get off. That's where my skateboarding solution comes in. Not only is it affordable, ecologic and a great exercise for the morning, but it also makes people look at you like you're 12. However I think it's the best "filler" transport for these short routes home->bus stop, final bus stop->work (etc.) The best part is that you can grab a skateboard into your hand and go shopping, cross a street or walk up a hill.
    The biggest downside is the environment. You need smooth, flat surfaces to be able to skate, and in the US it's usually not a problem, however the British sidewalks near my workplace are 50/50 smooth and terribly cracked and uneven surfaces.
    I would like to encourage EVERYONE to try and find their own transport of this kind - if we all did this (use buses to get to hubs near our workplaces and then bikes, scooters, skateboards or jetpacks), we could make those electric and save our planet from degrading as quick as it is at the moment.
    Unfortunately the comfort of going from place A to B at your own pace whilst enjoying a lone ride is currently too embossed into our society and I don't think I, or anyone for that matter, could convince people to shift. Maybe a size reduction would do the cars some good? Instead of wasting 3 empty seats on your journey you'd just have one?
    I think that this idyllic scenario will only happen if:
    1: it's too late and now we HAVE to get rid of cars because we'd ran out of resources
    2: the infrastructure of new cities would force this onto citizens by eliminating public roads from town centres completely - making it a bus, tram etc only zone
    3: someone comes up with a way of convincing people that we need to do this ASAP. some modern-day Jesus like, say, Elon Musk.
    Any case - tl;dr (too long, didn't read), but for those of you who have, let me know by discussing this in replies or liking my comment.
    All the best people. I hope we can save our planet and children from dying!!

    • @anzetal9586
      @anzetal9586 Před 3 lety

      I do the same thing except with an electric skateboard. I ride into the nearby train station and pick the light rail to downtown. and continue exploring from there. I don't have to deal with parking hassles or traffic

  • @Eeatch
    @Eeatch Před 5 lety

    Great video. Thanks

  • @c3realpt
    @c3realpt Před 5 lety

    Great video, keep it up

  • @todberry5068
    @todberry5068 Před 5 lety +97

    I used to be unsure of subscribing to you but the regular quality content is fantastic! Keep it up ;-þ

    • @dopemusic6414
      @dopemusic6414 Před 5 lety +5

      You act like you had to pay to subscribe 😂

  • @RandomCommenter955
    @RandomCommenter955 Před 5 lety +6

    qr codes revolutionized the shopping industry since their invention. They are more useful than we realize.

  • @aptibabayt
    @aptibabayt Před 5 lety +1

    More channels like you are needed!
    Or, more videos from you :)
    Good job.

  • @evansilversun3838
    @evansilversun3838 Před 5 lety

    Great vid! Tnx bro

  • @dhoward004
    @dhoward004 Před 5 lety +8

    I can’t wait till we see the jet pack wars 🤙😁

  • @Holland1994D
    @Holland1994D Před 4 lety +15

    2:45 You would be surprised that the Netherlands has more bikes than people. And it works.

    • @Netsuko
      @Netsuko Před 3 lety

      Yes, but china also has almost 1.4 Billion people, that's like several orders of magnitude larger. Netherlands has a little over 17 million. That's more than 230x as much people.

  • @tomasnogueira82
    @tomasnogueira82 Před 5 lety

    Great video!! 👍

  • @System32F
    @System32F Před 5 lety +2

    8:42 i have youtube and amazon on both screens open when this came up haha

  • @lukariello93
    @lukariello93 Před 5 lety +7

    The fun thing is that in Europe we have these things for already 5 years, even more

  • @boplax123
    @boplax123 Před 5 lety +6

    Great and very informative video! It still amazes me how innovative we can be just to make everything more convenient.

  • @jonathanedward5062
    @jonathanedward5062 Před 5 lety

    Man, I love your videos.

  • @vagarthgaurav
    @vagarthgaurav Před 5 lety +2

    Hey. How do you make the maps so beautifully like you do in your videos?

  • @justadude598
    @justadude598 Před 5 lety +9

    Gawddammit, I had a billion dollar idea and never did shit about it. I swear I pitched this same idea in a class a few years ago and was actually going to put it into action, but I convinced myself it was not a good idea. Oh well...such is life.

  • @papernecklace
    @papernecklace Před 5 lety +45

    Lol I was just thinking ‘I wonder when polymatter is gonna upload again’ AND YOU DID!

  • @Cbas619
    @Cbas619 Před 5 lety

    this was an amazing video bro

  • @Frodohack
    @Frodohack Před 5 lety

    Very cool video! What's your main source of information about businesses?

  • @CrisStan
    @CrisStan Před 5 lety +4

    I remember haveing these in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was fun while it lasted then it got banned :/

  • @sarahbingham1133
    @sarahbingham1133 Před 5 lety +14

    Lime-S’ are fun

  • @LeahandLevi
    @LeahandLevi Před 5 lety +2

    This is the best breakdown I have seen of this issue, I wish i had seen this before I made my video about them haha

    • @Ben4A
      @Ben4A Před 2 lety

      Too bad no one cares

  • @MichaelHurdleStudio
    @MichaelHurdleStudio Před 5 lety

    Well done!

  • @Twatical
    @Twatical Před 5 lety +5

    Honestly brilliant.
    Something everyone thought was cool but knew they were going to ride once and never again (as was the case for me). That coupled with the fact that the market for electric scooters died after it went out of style, thus killing prices. No research and development required (at least not from the ground up) and a whole bunch of cheap parts lying in a warehouse somewhere made this a breeding ground for start ups.

  • @patw.6567
    @patw.6567 Před 4 lety +4

    one of the jump bikes broke for my friend while he rode it

  • @TheXRClub
    @TheXRClub Před 5 lety +2

    This scooters are awesome! I live in LA and its really cool that u can go relatively fast from santa monica to venice beach in no time!! I love that

  • @RealCosmosry
    @RealCosmosry Před 2 lety

    nice video very insightful

  • @Ashiente
    @Ashiente Před 5 lety +123

    Sounds like a bubble that will colapse aaaaaaaaaany time now

    • @willinton06
      @willinton06 Před 5 lety +15

      Ashiente this pop will be nice to see, already happened in China

    • @kissingfrogs106
      @kissingfrogs106 Před 5 lety +1

      Shush it Mushroom girl

    • @PulsatingShadow
      @PulsatingShadow Před 5 lety +29

      Can't wait to buy a $50 heavily used scooter.

    • @MrLorem64
      @MrLorem64 Před 5 lety +2

      I give them 8 Months tops before the collapse

    • @stephens.6281
      @stephens.6281 Před 5 lety +1

      Do you need a bottle of water, big spheres?

  • @nabilfreeman
    @nabilfreeman Před 3 lety +10

    Scooter companies: Worth billions
    2020: Nah

  • @Tetracarbon
    @Tetracarbon Před 5 lety

    Delicious 60fps. So smooth.

  • @niupaidanui
    @niupaidanui Před 5 lety +2

    From my experience using dockless bicycles, I found that most of the time the bicycle I need is at my destination! Makes sense since for home/work commuting the end of most first miles is typically a metro station, and the end of most last miles is not my home. So I found it not useful for the first mile and last mile problem. The probability of access to the service is too low to factor in any trip planning.
    I think dockless would do better when trip start and end points are less aligned and more evenly distributed. Trips within a CBD during working hours perhaps?

  • @kingmongkut2202
    @kingmongkut2202 Před 5 lety +160

    I would love to see you make a video about capitalism, socialism, and other economic systems.

    • @shitlordflytrap1078
      @shitlordflytrap1078 Před 5 lety +3

      Check some other history channels.

    • @RedLeader327
      @RedLeader327 Před 5 lety +9

      They’re all flawed.

    • @rohanshinde4327
      @rohanshinde4327 Před 5 lety +1

      That video will be useless.

    • @RedLeader327
      @RedLeader327 Před 5 lety +5

      @Really? You just described state capitalism. Socialism is when the workers own the means of production.

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 Před 5 lety

      the issue is people have vastly different opinions on the definition of those words, meaning no one will agree except for those whose opinion you are showing (unless you are opposed to that opinion) It's useless to argue if one person thinks the word means fascist and the other thinks it means democratic. (of course once again both those words also are being argued about as well, so perhaps my explanation is useless)

  • @cameronlee5226
    @cameronlee5226 Před 5 lety +62

    What if people just bought their own scooters?

    • @user-mw1cm1kl3s
      @user-mw1cm1kl3s Před 5 lety +16

      Underrated comment lol considering they are $250 each

    • @musaran2
      @musaran2 Před 5 lety +40

      You have to lock/store it, charge it, find a plug for that, go back to where you left it, maintain/replace it...
      Apparently for many people it's not worth the trouble.
      But it could be a different story if it was supported by city infrastructure.

    • @evansteele3162
      @evansteele3162 Před 4 lety +6

      @dandanthetaximan The ease of maintenance isn't the big seller. It's that you can start and stop whenever. You would never abandon a personal bike once you reach your stop, and that means it's stuck with you till you get back home, but you can do that if some city-wide infrastructure is managing the system.

    • @TravelersParadise
      @TravelersParadise Před 4 lety +2

      I had 2 electric scooters back when I was younger and just brought it into my apartment no biggie!

    • @jefftodd7683
      @jefftodd7683 Před 4 lety

      Out of towners who visit and have to park far away from there destination due to terrible parking in downtown cities use these scooters

  • @mrWade101
    @mrWade101 Před 5 lety +2

    These scooters appeared overnight in my town (Sweden). I've never used them, but lots of teenagers commuting by bus or similar, who don't have bikes, use them.

  • @ryandreal
    @ryandreal Před 5 lety +2

    I live in Seattle and deadass saw the thumb nail and was like that map looks like Seattle

  • @bedemiller
    @bedemiller Před 5 lety +4

    New Zealand recently got these scooters as well. New Zealand's scooters are made by lime.

    • @cameronhowe1110
      @cameronhowe1110 Před 5 lety

      CrazyFTW in Auckland ?

    •  Před 4 lety

      No theyre made by China/Xiaomi

  • @Maebbie
    @Maebbie Před 5 lety +477

    lmao slowed down the video to strech it to 10 minutes

    • @zainmushtaq4347
      @zainmushtaq4347 Před 5 lety +33

      Do like me, change the speed rate to double. Problem solved

    • @Maebbie
      @Maebbie Před 5 lety +65

      yeah nah, i just didn't watch it and put this guy on "not interested". Got no time for people who pad out their content like that

    • @AdrienAranda
      @AdrienAranda Před 5 lety +20

      Noticed it too. Instantly unsubscribed.

    • @CadgerChristmasLightShow
      @CadgerChristmasLightShow Před 5 lety +99

      Damn you are very picky about who you sub to... this was a super well made and informative video, I'm glad it was 10 minutes. I hate having to pick a new video to watch constantly so the longer a high quality video is, the better.

    • @eduardovenezian813
      @eduardovenezian813 Před 5 lety +12

      Cadger Christmas Light Show naahh the pace of the voice was boring as fuck...nearly killed myself until I changed to 1.25

  • @faris-md8yz
    @faris-md8yz Před 5 lety

    Hi, am addicted to your videos, thank you for the great content.

  • @AndDoubleWHY
    @AndDoubleWHY Před 5 lety +1

    Yo That drone shot you used was in my neighborhood and tripped me TF out!

  • @riverkeyes3455
    @riverkeyes3455 Před 5 lety +2

    “I just hope this ain’t the future.... I hope the future ain’t scootin” Mr. Mackey

  • @julieta203
    @julieta203 Před 4 lety +3

    man these computer voices are really getting better

  • @dathunderman4
    @dathunderman4 Před 5 lety

    These things are huge where I go to school at ucla. Everything on our campus is on a hill so it helps to have this option. I feel like these things are great for college towns/cities since a lot of students don't wanna bring their car and have to pay for parking for the year, especially in a heavily congested city like Los Angeles

  • @KevinPassino
    @KevinPassino Před 4 lety

    There's one company called Veoride that's been designing their own scooters and theirs have removable "cartridge" batteries. They have someone come around in a van and swap out batteries and take care of any reported maintenance needs (and then re-park them safely). There are probably others that have started or will start doing this as well, as it makes sense.

  • @youqian8691
    @youqian8691 Před 5 lety +20

    "Scooters aren't just a novelty, they are a means to greater mobility "

  • @janmaysingh5787
    @janmaysingh5787 Před 5 lety +45

    Waitm five years till Apple creates a new model and calls it *original*

  • @KartikeyaChaturvedi
    @KartikeyaChaturvedi Před 5 lety

    If I may ask, how do you make your animated videos? Like which software?
    I really liked the presentation

  • @kimidorikokoro
    @kimidorikokoro Před 5 lety +1

    Much love Polymatter! Another great vid that I somehow missed. Btw it’s not Lakewood there, it’s Columbia City or south Mount Baker. Greetings from the Emerald City 😉

  • @hc8714
    @hc8714 Před 4 lety +9

    just a year later the bubble burst. talking about these so called "infographic videos"

  • @prathameshchaudhari
    @prathameshchaudhari Před 5 lety +15

    Your research is just amazing
    👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @realgaming7323
      @realgaming7323 Před 5 lety

      no it's not. He says that Columbus banned them. They are not banned they are just illegal to ride them on the sidewalk. A simple google search can show you this information. If he can't even bother to do that basic research then how can you trust the rest of this?

  • @lewisstoner5204
    @lewisstoner5204 Před 5 lety

    One of the best channels on CZcams hands down 👍👏

  • @IamJay
    @IamJay Před 5 lety +1

    This is a BRILLIANT video!

  • @burzwild2292
    @burzwild2292 Před 5 lety +20

    I had no idea these existed

    • @sizzlinsj8135
      @sizzlinsj8135 Před 5 lety +1

      Burz Wild yeah me too although in my city there are bicycle for rent.

    • @greenjd3700
      @greenjd3700 Před 5 lety

      me neither.

    • @Tycket
      @Tycket Před 5 lety

      I love jump bikes

    • @IsaiahGamers
      @IsaiahGamers Před 5 lety +1

      You don’t live in a city?

    • @bobsmithy3103
      @bobsmithy3103 Před 5 lety

      These just appeared in my city. One week I saw none, the next I see 3 to 5 per day.

  • @randomcallum
    @randomcallum Před 5 lety +514

    QR codes finally found a use ? Do you know nothing of china literally everything is done by QR code I gen even register my house to the police with a QR code and this scooter stuff has been in china for years but with bikes

    • @pedroperdigao0
      @pedroperdigao0 Před 5 lety +7

      Eletric bikes in Lisbon, Portugal. Pick them up anywhere and drop them anywhere in Lisbon.

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae Před 5 lety +11

      KONO DIO DA

    • @skyacaniadev2229
      @skyacaniadev2229 Před 5 lety +4

      I was just trying to say the same…

    • @silverhawk7324
      @silverhawk7324 Před 5 lety +5

      How do you feel about your president rolling back policies that once benefited China and allowed it to grow? He's now turning reverting it back into a typical dictatorship with his new policies and extending his reign. Which means a massive step backwards for your country unless Chinese actually do something about it. You can basically say goodbye to Western goods and even meat as much of that was imported.

    • @skyacaniadev2229
      @skyacaniadev2229 Před 5 lety +19

      @Ryaken Everyone is uncomfortable and many were shocked by the elimination of 10-year presidency. But VPN is still usable (I know the gov can block whenever they want), visas were still issued normally (unless you have unexplained assets like bribe money). I don't think Xi will go any further on that road considering how many whispers on the internet already are. Xi's anti-corruption campaign seems to be a success (mid to low level corruption decreased drastically, unlike previous presidents' similar effort only focused on higher level thus making them seems like a tactic to secure power). Overall, it is still too early to say what Xi is going to be in the future, but that guy did some good in the past, I would give him a B+ (B for Hu, C for Jiang, and A for Deng).

  • @agjakku
    @agjakku Před 5 lety +2

    Huh, they went into Poland by storm, starting with Lime 2 months ago and now we have about 4 companies in the city I live in- I guess we could have seen this coming!

  • @GoldenDragon1999
    @GoldenDragon1999 Před 5 lety

    Got a citation at my university campus for riding my electric scooter. Going to fight both citations in court (yes both). I got it argued off last year in juvenile court & the judge there said just tell them I overruled it, you're just getting to class and it has a brake.
    The officers who stopped me and gave me tickets will both show up in court "adult court" they say. I'm glad this video was made and that this is the future. I honestly love the scooter, its simple, no hassle like the bicycle and you can make a small side amount of money from charging :) Love your videos PolyMatter.

  • @TheOfficialNixx
    @TheOfficialNixx Před 5 lety +7

    Great video! But I live in Columbus and these are not banned here, just banned from being used on the sidewalk. They also have restricted areas, like Ohio State campus on game day. These restricted areas are software/GPS enforced and the scooters simply will stop in these areas.

    • @ben-jammin121
      @ben-jammin121 Před 5 lety +1

      He might be referring to Bexley banning them

  • @Gondamar
    @Gondamar Před 5 lety +8

    Lime came to my city this week. Literally overnight, there were 5 scooters at every single bus stop, and you see half a dozen of them parked outside homes and businesses everywhere you go. In a few days. It’s insane.

    • @blackcattres1375
      @blackcattres1375 Před 5 lety

      Which city?

    • @A-Wa
      @A-Wa Před 5 lety

      its awful in my city. we have lime bicycle and there are everywhere an no one use them, so usually they are lying on the sidewalk and it makes just walking harder on the sidewalk

  • @_MicahEdwards
    @_MicahEdwards Před 5 lety +1

    I live near Seattle and its always weird when anyone mentions the area because it rarely ever happens.. great video tho!

  • @Fahnder99
    @Fahnder99 Před 5 lety

    this sir, is a very clever vid. thx!