Two Bird e-scooters are better than one, right?
A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — now more than ever.
San Francisco scooter riders will notice a new two-wheeler in town starting Thursday. Bird-owned scooter operator, Scoot, has just released its next-gen electric scooter, the Bird Two.
In the next few weeks, up to 1,000 of the new rides will arrive in San Francisco where Scoot has a permit to operate. It'll then spread to other cities, but so far Bird is only releasing them en masse and from Scoot in SF. The new, bulkier scooters will join older Bird models on the streets before the Two completely takes over the fleet.
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Back in August the first Bird Twos made it to Los Angeles after the Bird Two's in-house design was first unveiled. But now San Francisco is the first spot with an entire fleet of Twos taking over. It improves upon the Bird One and Zero models that came out during the company's early days in the scooter-sharing world.
The Two is bigger all around with larger tires, an expanded frame, and a longer-lasting battery. It's also "smarter" with sensors to self-diagnose battery problems or other equipment issues. And it features an encrypted software system so hackers can't ruin your ride.
The new scooter will be available for rent in both the Scoot and Bird apps. In San Francisco, the vehicles will carry the Scoot branding.
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
