12: The Scooter Ecosystem with Michal Naka

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Twitter micromobility celebrity Michal Naka (@michalnaka), to talk about scooters, how they’re evolving in hardware and their interactions with cities and what the future might look like. It’s a packed episode.Specifically we cover:- How Michal ended up in micromobility through his skepticism of autonomous cars. (5:50->)- How the most valuable miles travelled are likely to be addressed by micromobility and not autonomous. (9:20->)- The history of the scooter supply chain.(13:00->)- The tradeoff that companies are making between opex and capex. (25:50->)- What future evolutions we’re likely to see in (29:30->)- How cities are responding to these new business models, and what we’re likely to see in the future. (33:46->)- How the diffusion theory applies to scooters and their evolution. (40:30->) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit micromobility.substack.com/subscribe