Jan-Willem van Schaik

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Over 920 funders pledged amounts ranging from 250 euro to 80,000 euro in VanMoof's crowdfunding campaign earlier this week. According to VanMoof, "the crowdfunding round was so successful that it filled up before it even went public."

REDDITCH, UK - Based on company data, population, car registration figures and the latest market statistics, Halfords UK expects that some 1.5 million e-bikes will be sold by 2050 in Great Britain. This outlook was published in a blog last week by Halfords.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - In an exclusive live interview with enviolo CEO David Hancock opens the floor for questions in the e-bike and bicycle industry. Registration for the company' first webinar of the season, airing 20 June 2019 is now open.

MILAN, Italy - Bluebrake introduces an invisible anti-lock braking system (ABS) which is fully integrated into a bike frame. "ABS is essential for the safety of light electric mobility vehicles," said blubrake GM Fabio Todeschini. "We are certain it will become the benchmark for e-bike brands."

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Within two years after the initial launch of Pexco GmbH at Eurobike 2017 by MD Susanne Puello and KTM Industries AG CEO Stefan Pierer, Pexco enters into a new phase.

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN - To open up the market for shared e-bikes, the Benelux subsidiary of Giant Manufacturing joined the new B2B platform ConnectBike. For this project a robust e-bike, a service concept and sharing platform are being developed.

REUTLINGEN, Germany - Bosch eBike Systems introduced a standard to measure the range of e-bikes with defined parameters. The standard was developed in cooperation with the German industry association ZIV and supported by Accell Group, Shimano, Velotech and the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Strider Bikes is opening up its European headquarters in the Netherlands. Founded in 2007 in the US, Strider Sports International Inc. is the world's premier manufacturer and distributor of balance bikes.

TAINAN, Taiwan - Rising e-bike and high-end bicycle sales in the first quarter of this year as reported by Taiwan's largest bicycle makers Giant and Merida works out positively for the country's parts and component suppliers.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Last year's Eurobike was dominated by discussions on the show's 2019 dates. Obviously, organizer Messe Friedrichshafen learned from that by making an early announcement on Eurobike's 2020 dates.