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Michael Keating

Ownership is the new sharing

Ten years ago, my team and I launched the first electric scooter sharing company, Scoot, in San Francisco. We designed a piece of…

May 7, 2023

Ownership is the new sharing

May 7, 2023

There Are 300 Million Electric Bikes and only 10 Million Electric Cars

Because we are building the wrong kind of electric car

Sep 21, 2021

There Are 300 Million Electric Bikes and only 10 Million Electric Cars

Sep 21, 2021

How to Cut Ride Hailing Use by 50%

Electric Mopeds are a Decongestant for Cities

Oct 22, 2019

How to Cut Ride Hailing Use by 50%

Oct 22, 2019

San Francisco’s Huge Parking Opportunity

Here at Scoot we think a lot about parking. Usually that means scooter or moped parking, but lately we have been thinking about all the…

Sep 24, 2019

San Francisco’s Huge Parking Opportunity

Sep 24, 2019

Scoot Lives in San Francisco and We Listen to and Help Our Neighbors

We have served San Francisco since we were founded here almost 8 years ago with a mission of Electric Vehicles for Everyone. Since then…

Aug 16, 2019

Aug 16, 2019

One of our Kicks Was Stolen Last Weekend

But we had over 600 Kicks on the road and only lost that one.

Feb 6, 2019

One of our Kicks Was Stolen Last Weekend

Feb 6, 2019

New Delhi Will Leapfrog New York in Mobility

Shared electric vehicles are a leapfrog technology that will change transportation, especially in the developing world, the way mobile…

Dec 21, 2018

New Delhi Will Leapfrog New York in Mobility

Dec 21, 2018

What we learned from our first month of operating Scoot Kicks

Just over six years after Scoot launched our first shared EV in San Francisco, we introduced a new type of shared EV, the Scoot Kick, to…

Nov 16, 2018

What we learned from our first month of operating Scoot Kicks

Nov 16, 2018

Scoot Latin America

Today we announce our third city, and our first in Latin America: You can now Scoot in the beautiful and bustling metropolis of Santiago…

Oct 18, 2018

Scoot Latin America

Oct 18, 2018

Shared Electric Vehicles are the Subways of the 21st Century

The 21st century subway system goes from anywhere in the city to anywhere else as fast as a taxi, as affordably as a bus, and as quietly as…

Jul 26, 2018

Shared Electric Vehicles are the Subways of the 21st Century

Jul 26, 2018

Michael Keating

Michael Keating

Pioneer of urban electric mobility. Founder of Scoot and Tempo. Now writing at keatingmichael.substack.com.

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