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Discover how Dollaride is transforming city transit deserts with EV retrofits, asset-financing for drivers, and a $10M award powering 15K+ riders toward cleaner, more equitable mobility.
My guest today is Su Sanni, Founder of Dollaride, a mobility company for communities underserved by public transit.
In addition, Su is also:
- Venture Partner with Republic
- Fellow with Visible Hands
- Former Cofounder and CEO of WeDidIt, an online fundraising platform for nonprofits
In this episode, we talked about:
- What a transit desert is and how it costs us billions of dollars in lost productivity annually
- The $10M award that Dollaride won from the state of New York
- Their solid customer traction with over 15,000 riders in just one year
- How his solution relates to the micromobility field more broadly
- His origin story and the inspiration for this business
- How their business is evolving from an Uber-like tech platform to an asset-financing model to make EV purchases easier
- The process by which they retrofit commercial vehicles from ICE to EV
- Why it’s so important that he walks his kids to school
- And lots more
Hope you enjoy it.
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