Vancouver, Wash., Compo Scooter Makampani Akukwera Potchuka

(TNS) - Makampani awiri oyendetsa njinga zamagetsi mumzinda wa Vancouver akupereka njira yatsopano yodziwira Vancouver bwinobwino mliriwu.

Kubwereka njinga yama scooter yamagetsi ndi ogulitsa Zoot Scoot, pafupi ndi Esther Quick Park, ndi wogulitsa wina, Rev Rides, pafupi ndi Briz Mortgage & Guitar pa Washington Road, onse akupeza bwino ndi malonda ochulukirapo nyengo yachilimwe.

Jason Adams ndi mkazi wake, Kristie Means, adatsegula Zoot Scoot koyambirira kwa Juni ku 812 Columbia St. Asanatsegule, adawopa poyambitsa bizinesi yatsopano pakati pa mliriwu. Komabe adazindikira kuti zinali zotheka kunyamula tchuthi chotsika mtengo kupita nawo mtawuni munthawi yomwe malo ambiri azisangalalo adatsekedwa.

"Poyamba, ndinkangoganiza zakuziyang'anira chifukwa cha COVID-19," adatero Adams. "Komabe ndimaganiza kuti ndi mtundu wabwino kwambiri wopumulira pomwe tidatsata malangizowo."

Zoot Scoot imapatsa mafuta matayala a e-scooter komanso kugulitsa kwakanthawi. Amatha kubwereketsa $ 20 pa ola limodzi, kapena $ 69.99 patsikulo. Ma scooter ali ndi ma 40 mamailosi osiyanasiyana, kulola chiyembekezo chowona zambiri ku Vancouver. Kubwereketsa kumatha kupangidwa pa intaneti pa zootscoot.web kapena patelefoni.

Adams adanenanso kuti ma e-scooter amayenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito panjinga zokhazokha komanso osadutsa munjira zilizonse. Ma helmetti amaperekedwa ndi Zoot Scoot ndipo ma e-scooter atha kupezeka pa $ 1,695 iliyonse.

Adams adati kuyankha kwakhala kodabwitsa, ndipo gululo lawalandira. Mkati mwa masabata asanu oyamba atsegulira, adagula zinthu 5 zomwe anali nazo, ndipo mabizinesi akubwereranso.

"Ndimafunikira kuti ikhale yotsika mtengo kuti anthu azisangalala nayo mopanda ndalama, makamaka munthawi ngati ino," adatero Adams.

Adanenanso kuti makampani akomweko amabwera kudzawonetsa thandizo. Anthu oyandikana nawo nyumba ku Doppelganger adachita lendi ma scooter asanu ndi atatu kuti atumize wantchito nthawi yotentha.

“Uko ndi kwathu. Ndine wonyadira kuti ndagwira theka langa potitukula, '' adatero Adams.

Maulendo a REV

A Nathan Pust adasamutsira bizinesi yawo REV Rides, yomwe imayimira Leisure Electrical Automobiles, kuchokera pamalo ake osungira ku Salmon Creek kupita ku mzinda watsopano ku 500 Washington St., wodzaza ndi malo ochitira masewera ndi chiwonetsero.

Mu Okutobala wa 2018, Pust adayamba Maulendo a REV atangopeza kumene malondawa ndikupita ku Asia ndikuwona kuzindikira kwamagalimoto amagetsi kumeneko.

"Ine ndekha ndimasowa imodzi ndipo nthawi zonse ndimafunikira kuyambitsa bizinesi yanga," adatero Adams. "Ndawona kuti sipadzakhala ogulitsa aku scooter ku US ndipo ndidazindikira kuti kuli msika kumeneko."

Pafupifupi zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, Pust adasunthira REV Rides mtawuni kuti akalimbikitse kusankha kwamagalimoto opumira, pamodzi ndi ma scooter oyimilira, njinga zamoto ndi ma unicycle. Kuphatikiza apo amasamalira mkati mwamisonkhano yolumikizidwa ndi chipinda chowonetsera.

"Ndife gulu lowopsa komwe kuno, ndipo lathandizidwadi ndi mbadwa zathu," anatero Pust.

Zambiri mwazogulitsa za Pust zimabwera kudzera kugulitsa kwakukulu mdziko lonselo. Amapereka ogulitsa 35 ozungulira magalimoto amagetsi ndikugulitsa malonda pa intaneti pa revrides.com kwa chiyembekezo ku Seattle, San Francisco ndi New York. Zomwe zili mtawuniyi ndizotsegulidwa kuti zigulitsidwe zonse ndikusungika mwapadera.

Pust adanena kuti sawona nkhondo yambiri pakati pa bizinesi yake ndi Adams. Amakhulupirira kuti aliyense akhoza kuchita bwino mumzinda wa Vancouver.

"Monga momwe timakhalira ndikutsegukira ku Jason tinkadzipeza tokha," adatero Adams. “Ndi munthu wabwino kwambiri; tinakambirana zamakampani athu ndipo sindikuwona kuti zikuchitika. ”

Pust zomwe zatchulidwazi zakhala zikuwonjezeka pamalonda onse panthawi ya mliriwu, kugulitsa kwakukulu kuwirikiza kawiri komanso pafupifupi kuwirikiza katatu.

Pust ndi Minon Minnieweather, katswiri wothandizira ogula a Rev Rides, anali ndi malingaliro ochepa pankhani yakufunidwa kwambiri: Anthu amatopa obisalamo m'nyumba ndikusaka mayendedwe osangalatsa zachilengedwe.

Minnieweather adazindikira kuti zoyambitsa zimayambitsidwa ndi ndalama. Magalimoto opumira amafunikira kusamalira kocheperako, kuchepetsa mitengo yamafuta ndi kuyimika magalimoto ndipo nthawi zina amakhala otsika mtengo kuposa magalimoto oti awa akufuna kuti asayende pagalimoto panthawi ya mliriwu.

"Tsopano popeza aliyense ali kunyumba, ali ndi nthawi tsopano yoti aganizire momwe zingagwiritsire ntchito mtengo wake," adatero Minnieweather. "Pali mbali yanzeru koma kuwonjezera pamenepo ndichinthu chosangalatsa."

Adams akuyembekeza kuti adzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zakukweza zamagalimoto zamagetsi kuti akwaniritse zolinga zake zazitali zogulitsa bizinesi yake. Akukonzekera kutsegula Zoot Scoot yachiwiri ku Scottsdale, Ariz., Mu Okutobala.

"Zonsezi ndizokhudza nyengo," adatero Adams. "Mvula ikagundanso kumpoto chakumadzulo, imagwera mpaka 85 ku Arizona ndipo ndipamene amafuna atatulukire kunja."

Pust ndi omwe amagwira nawo ntchito ku REV Rides onse amatenga nawo mbali pagulu lamagalimoto amagetsi Lamlungu lililonse.

Anatinso inali njira yabwino kutuluka mnyumba ndikuwona anthu payekha.

"Magalimoto opumira awa ndi oyera komanso odekha," anatero Pust. "Mutha kumva mbalame zonse ndipo mudzamvanso kamphepo kayaziyazi."

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