Mobility news and trends

Uber One Hits 30 Million Subscribers, Drives Delivery Revenues 22% Higher
Earnings // May 07, 2025

Uber’s membership program continues to drive cross-selling activities across the company’s platform, a nod to the movement toward its app as a digital front door to a host of everyday activities. But investors sent the shares 4% lower at the start of trading on Wednesday...

Dance Raises $13 Million to Grow Electric Mobility Subscription Services
Investments // March 12, 2025

Dance secured 12 million euros (about $13 million) in a funding round to grow its electric mobility subscription services in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. The company will use the new funding to further develop its hardware and software and expand its fleet of electric bikes...

Bolt Technology Reportedly Exploring IPO for Ride-Hailing Operation
Ridesharing // February 26, 2025

Estonia-based Uber rival Bolt Technology is reportedly exploring an initial public offering (IPO). The mobility company is exploring options that could include an IPO, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Feb. 26), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say the company could pursue a listing as early as 2026,...

Eurowag Debuts New Visa Card for Fleet Management
Transportation // February 18, 2025

Eurowag has teamed with Visa and Nexi’s Nets on a new payment card for fleet management. The Eurowag Visa card, announced by the payments and mobility platform Tuesday (Feb. 18), replaces the previous Eurowag Mastercard and complements Eurowag’s existing closed-loop fuel offering, letting customers use...

Interviews & Exclusives
Earnings Point to Different Routes for Lyft and Uber

May 08, 2024
Uber and Lyft bring to mind the oft-quoted Robert Frost poem. You know the one — about two roads that diverged. The rest of the poem is about the woods, the path not taken … but more than a century after its publication, it proves apt for online platforms, for the digital age. Uber and […]

Visa Says Adoption of Open-Loop Transit Payments Is at a Tipping Point Worldwide

March 17, 2023
As transit systems move away from legacy payment methods like pay-as-you-go passes and toward contactless open-loop payments, it’s creating new commerce possibilities that not only benefit ridership and relieve urban...

Inside The Race For Flying-Taxi Liftoff

September 12, 2019
This might still sound like science fiction to many people, but the race for flying-taxi dominance is on and is gaining fresh fuel as the new decade looms. The results...

Can Lime’s Safety Push Attract More Bike, Scooter Users?

November 08, 2018
Scooters are so retro that they are almost brand new. That might seem, from certain angles, a decent problem to have: A mode of transportation often associated with the same...

Quick Reads
Klarna Pursues Everyday Spending With Bolt Mobility App Integration

June 17, 2026
Users of the European shared mobility platform Bolt will soon be able to use Klarna’s “pay in full” option to pay for car rides, scooters and car rentals. This capability is now being rolled out and will be fully available across Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland by the end of June. Car rentals will be […]

Dance Raises $13 Million to Grow Electric Mobility Subscription Services

March 12, 2025
Dance secured 12 million euros (about $13 million) in a funding round to grow its electric mobility subscription services in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. The company will use the new...

Bolt Technology Reportedly Exploring IPO for Ride-Hailing Operation

February 26, 2025
Estonia-based Uber rival Bolt Technology is reportedly exploring an initial public offering (IPO). The mobility company is exploring options that could include an IPO, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Feb. 26), citing sources familiar with...

Eurowag Debuts New Visa Card for Fleet Management

February 18, 2025
Eurowag has teamed with Visa and Nexi’s Nets on a new payment card for fleet management. The Eurowag Visa card, announced by the payments and mobility platform Tuesday (Feb. 18),...