Jan-Willem van Schaik

WASHINGTON, USA - The sales of e-bikes in the US are expected to be given a boost now that the Department of the Interior released final rules for electric bicycle use on public lands. This new regulation more clearly defines electric bicycles and no longer describes them as motor vehicles.

TAMPERE, Finland - The manufacturer of intelligent e-bike drive systems expands its market presence within Europe with the opening of a German subsidiary. Uwe Daniel, Vice President of Sales at Revonte, will be the CEO of Revonte Germany GmbH.

SHANGHAI, China - The 2021 China Cycle show will be moved to another location than the past 5 editions. The 30th China International Bicycle Fair will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center, the same venue as where the event already took place between 2003 and 2014.

TANNA, Germany - The pandemic caused the pedelec market to expand and fueled an extraordinary rapid growth of the market. "Since this summer, bike dealers all over Europe are sold out, especially all products related to commuting and daily cycling like e-bikes, city bikes, bags and helmets," says ExtraEnergy president Hannes Neupert.

GHENT, Belgium - The European Commission has initiated a review of Regulation 168/2013 which regulates the type approval for vehicles with two or more wheels. Since January 2017 all e-bikes, except those with assistance up to 25 km/h and a maximum continuous rated power of 250W, must comply with the European...

RAVENSBURG, Germany - ZF Friedrichshafen AG has acquired all shares of the joint venture ZF Sachs Micro Mobility GmbH. The previous shareholders BMZ GmbH and Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG (Magura) have transferred their shares to ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

GENEVA, Switzerland - The members of the World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) have agreed that the WBIA Secretariat will continue to be managed by CONEBI in 2021. During their annual General Assembly last Wednesday, they also confirmed that current president of CONEBI Erhard Büchel will act as president of WBIA for the next year.

SUNDERN, Germany - For the clip-on mudguard category SKS has developed a new model offering maximum stability and flexibility. The Veloflexx set combines the advantages offered by a fixed mudguard and the ease of a clip-on mudguard.

TAMPERE, Finland - Following Revonte ONE, the smart e-bike drive system with an integrated automatic transmission, Revonte has released the flexible Revonte Akku battery solution for e-bikes.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - To provide more legal certainty for e-bike assemblers in Europe, the European Commission amended the anti-circumvention regulation for the import components made in China. Under the new regulation 2020/1296 published in the Official Journal, the