Beam e-scooters will disappear from Auckland roads and pathways tonight after breaches of its licence serious enough to warrant police action, the council says.
Lime will likely benefit from Beam’s disappearance.
Auckland Council says it has cancelled micro-mobility company Beam’s licence to operate in New Zealand’s largest city from midnight tonight after it deployed as many as 2000 scooters in the city, about 40% more than allowed under its licence agreement.
Under that agreement, Beam is limited to
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