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My understanding is that Android phones purchased in Japan can activate a Suica card. Foreign iPhones are able to register Suica without issue. The only hiccup I had was loading a balance on Suica wasn’t possible with Visa cards. This was the case during my trip this past October.

They said as much in an email to subscribers of the service (of which I am one.) That said, I do understand there will be skepticism around the nature and timing of pulling the fleet. They did send out a survey in October of 2018 asking for feedback on the e-bikes and I do specifically remember a question asking if respondents would be willing to pay more for e-bike access. Take that for what you will.

The Ford e-bike fleet got pulled due to some bikes experiencing too strong a braking force on the front wheel. They've been working on a redesigned e-bike and that will be coming soon.

I don't think too much significance should be placed on the fact that it's coming "from Google".

As mentioned in the Readme, it's just code written by a couple of Googlers that happens to be owned by Google.

I think it will be interesting to see it get more fleshed out, though.