Cryptocurrencies could facilitate the use of products where humans interact only with machines. As is the case with these bikes, as is the case with snack machines. It could be the case of self service kiosks that are already widely used at McDonalds.
definitely. it should be just as smooth of a process as the current electric bike and scooter rentals---contactless payment with smartphone.
however, presently, i think the market is quite happy with the current mobile payment options, so i just don't see much impetus to integrate bitcoin---or especially lightning---right now. as it is, establishing LN channels and having transactions properly routed isn't a foolproof process. it's definitely not ready for the masses, especially for products where humans interact only with machines.