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A lesser-known scooter startup called Veo is entering the San Diego market, setting up 1,000 seated electric devices throughout downtown.
Many scooter fans may not have heard of Chicago-based Veo, but CEO and co-founder Candice Xie said that’s probably because they’ve never done anything scandalous enough to land the company in the news. There’s been no dumping of scooters without permission from cities (and in violation of local laws), no cease-and-desist orders or lawsuits from municipalities all examples of the many issues plaguing the electric scooter industry.
“San Diego has been a wild west for scooters for the past two or three years,” Xie said. “You’ve seen vendors dump thousands of scooters in the city fighting for market share and ignoring safety and compliance.”