The scooter has GPS so that the company can track where they are. You don't rent a lime a scooter from a shop they're just laying all over the street, so if you want one you scan a QR code on the app, connect to their GPS and Bluetooth and the scooter unlocks. Then when you're done you just leave it anywhere you want and disconnect from the app and the scooter locks up.
I hate to be stupid but how does it know
The scooter has GPS so that the company can track where they are. You don't rent a lime a scooter from a shop they're just laying all over the street, so if you want one you scan a QR code on the app, connect to their GPS and Bluetooth and the scooter unlocks. Then when you're done you just leave it anywhere you want and disconnect from the app and the scooter locks up.
My follow up question is this, is someone monitoring the gps signal in real time?
Considering how many scooters they have out there probably not. I'm sure they could though if they wanted to.