Exciting episode today with Oliver interviewing Raoul Stöckle, CEO of Bond. Horace and Oliver originally interviewed Corinne Vogel, their COO on as one of the first interviews in 2018 when the company was Smide, but with the recent announcement of a partnership with FreeNow and launches in a number of new cities in Europe, it was time to have them on again to discuss how their approach of high end shared Micromobility is going and why it’s different.

Specifically:

- The Bond model of high end Micromobility and why they chose that strategy

- How and why they decided to go for custom vehicles, and what that has entailed

- The operational efficiencies they’ve been able to unlock with smart incentives, swappable batteries and faster vehicles

- Why how far a customer is willing to walk determines a huge amount in terms of capital costs, and why that’s tied to a vehicles speed.

- What the impact of COVID has been on the business

- The high percentage of users who have integrated the service into their commute

- Why they charge on a per-km, not per minute, basis

In the meantime, be sure to check out Horace’s upcoming keynote “Micromobility’s Moment” on the 10th of September at 12-1pm EST. It’s going to be amazing - an instant classic, with thundering narrative arcs backed up with detailed data about the State of the Micromobility World not just both before and after COVID, but in the wider context of our transport systems and a better world. Tickets are $20, and you can register here: https://vi.to/hubs/micromobility