{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Micromobility Podcast","title":"Small Vehicles for the Military? Paris Fat shames Cars | Meet the McLaren of Scooters","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/14f5d700\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3116,"description":"Ride On! is now in Audio! Subscribe to Ride On!: \nApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ride-on-by-micromobility-industries/id1434457337 \nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1G2fPNzUw5mo5asaCoH7O0\n\nChapters: \n00:00 Intro\n01:17 Vela 2 giveaway, Ride On! on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, Ride Expo date announced\n05:45 Vanmoof Updates\n10:40 City of London, bikes are bigger than cars \n12:24 Prince William is scooting \n14:55 Law says auto-besity is out of control\n17:13 Small vehicles for the military?\n24:00 Vehicle Launches (Tesla, Velotric and more)\n29:13 Meet Eliott Wertheimer, CEO and Founder of LAVOIE, part of McLaren Applied\n\nBiking is taking over in London\nNew data from the City of London reveals an important mobility milestone for the U.K. capital - bicycles now represent a larger portion of city traffic than cars. \n\nPrince William has bought an electric scooter to travel around the Windsor estate\n\nParis City Hall signed a new measure that will charge larger/heavier vehicles a higher fee for city parking. The law is aimed at discouraging so-called “auto-besity” and incentivizing the use of smaller vehicles. \n\nOfficials say the number of SUVs in the city has increased by 60% over the last four years and they now make up 15% of the 1.15m private vehicles parked in Paris every evening.\n\nBritish soldiers may adopt electric bikes fitted with rocket launchers \nMilitary contracts will be a big win for micromobility companies, wen? \n\nVehicle Launches\n\nTesla’s interest in ebikes is all speculative for now, but their Cyber Truck-inspired kids’ four wheeler is very real and arguably much cooler. The tiny quad is now going on sale in China after selling out in the U.S.\n\n\nFrench tech company Cixi recently showed off their new chainless drive system through a collaboration with LOOK bikes. Cixi says the drive system can propel a vehicle up to 74.5 mph, so it’s no surprise that Cixi plans to use the system for higher-speed vehicles such as motorcycles too. \n...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/at7G3gxGDWglvTJ3FfhPtfaxPELHBPmCFC9m1Fl166c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjFh/Y2JhNjg4Mzg5MzJi/ZGJlMGFmNjA4ZjU4/NzMzOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}