Jack Oortwijn

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On May 2018 the European Commission announced its intention to establish a single EU-wide platform grouping all relevant public and private stakeholders to coordinate open road testing of Connected and Automated Mobility and make the link with pre-deployment activities.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - You can see them in more and more cities around Europe. And the numbers of docked and/or free-floating electric step-scooters on offer on the streets is growing like wildfire. As well as their use.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Leading European bike share operators and suppliers - Donkey Republic, Mobike, Moventia, nextbike, PBSC, Ride on, Smoove and Jump by Uber - have joined forces to form an Expert Group under Cycling Industries Europe (CIE).

BANGALORE, India - Market researcher Mobility Foresight is offering a market report on the "E-Scooter Sharing Market in the US and Europe 2019 - 2024." The report is about "Size, forecasts, risks and opportunities till 2024."

HANOI, Vietnam - Last Sunday, the long-delayed free trade agreement between the European Union and Vietnam has finally been signed. The EU Council of Ministers has approved the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements, which paved the way for their signature and conclusion which took place in Hanoi on Sunday 30 June.

LEUVEN, Belgium - Earlier today REIN4CED has festively opened its bicycle frame production facility in Leuven, Belgium. With this unique facility, REIN4CED is entering the final straight line of its mission to bring back carbon bicycle frame production to Europe.

ŠIAULIAI, Lithuania - LitCapital, a dedicated private equity growth investor in the Baltics, has successfully exited Baltik Vairas, the leading e-bike and bicycle manufacturer in Nordics and CEE. Baltic Bicycle Trade, the parent company of Baltik Vairas has been acquired by a KJK Management advised fund.

TAINAN, Taiwan - KMC claims that it offers cutting edge technology as well as unparalleled tensile strength of over 1,000kgf to cope with the tremendous forces that e-MTB mid-motors generate.

The company started only two years ago under the names KL Cycling. KL stands for Kavulungan; a name that is also printed on the company's carbon rims. Kavulungan comes from Pingtung which is a Taiwan paradise for bicycles.

荷蘭，鹿特丹（Rotterdam）－於上週剛落幕的WCF擊破了各種傳聞，像是自行車產業的末日即將到來，因為共享單車／電動滑板車系統已開始侵入各大城市。不過在這次論壇上，各個演講嘉賓表現出的立場都相當一致，（電動）自行車產業在這場與氣候變遷的對抗當中扮演著關鍵角色，在未來數年將日顯重要，但是業界也必須要作好準備、採取行動，才能在這場抗衡中發揮作用。