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Business Wars Daily

Lime Scooters Are Hot. Flaming Hot

Business Wars Daily

Audible

Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today is Monday, November 5, and we’re looking at Lime vs. Bird



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One, three. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily.

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It's Monday, November 5th.

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Scooters have already caught fire with city dwellers, but now it seems

1:13.2

they're actually at risk of igniting. If you've tried riding one of Lyme's, well, lime green scooters,

1:19.9

or just watch someone fly down the street at up to 15 miles an hour, you know it looks like

1:24.4

barrels of fun, not to mention a cheap, easy, and a mission-free way to

1:28.2

get to places. But it's not so much fun if your scooters start smoldering while you're riding it.

1:33.8

That was the danger spotted by Lyme this summer after one of its scooters sitting quietly inside

1:38.5

a lime facility in Lake Tahoe suddenly burst into flames. Workers got the fire out and beat down the flames on a nearby chair and hurriedly threw the

1:48.2

blackened device out into the parking lot.

1:50.9

But that was just the beginning of a saga for the company that really doesn't need any more

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