A souffle as quickly dropped as it was mounted. By the end of 2017-early 2018, the operators of the shared bicycles without terminal have swept over Paris. The next day, four start-up asian in the deep pockets have flooded the sidewalks of the thousands of bicycles. They had a window shot ideal, because it is, at the same time, Vélib’ was almost at the stop. But this revolution has made pschitt. Today, there remains only one brand of bike in a “free floating” in the capital: Mobike. The other? Gobee and Obike have gone bankrupt. With respect to Ofo’s, it declined in China, where he is fighting for his survival.
Mobike itself is in turmoil. Redeemed in April 2018 by a giant of the Internet in china, Meituan, the company’s bicycles are orange and grey comes to withdraw from some asian countries. And does not hide its intention to sell its european subsidiaries. It would also be necessary that there be buyers. Suddenly, many question his presence in Paris. “We are …
