Jan-Willem van Schaik
Editor in Chief

Editor in Chief


It is known that e-bike batteries do pose a risk of fire, but when a full e-bike warehouse goes up in flames you have a serious problem. Last Tuesday some 300 people living in the vicinity of the Stella e-bike and battery warehouse which was on fire had to be evacuated

Accell Group increased its minority stake in Velosophy B.V. from 35 to 100 percent. Velosophy, owner of among them Babboe, is a fast-growing innovative player in e-cargo bike solutions for consumers and the business market.

德國,福吉沙芬(Friedrichshafen)-儘管自行車市場因歐洲(尤其德國)對電動自行車的需求提升而轉趨熱絡,但參觀全球規模最大自行車展會的人數並沒有因此上升。造成參觀人數從去年的42,590下滑到今年的37,379有兩大主因,一個是為了提升參觀者素質而針對IBD參觀登記的新政策,另一個是展期提前。

比利時,根特(Gent)-電動自行車傾銷案調查已進入新的階段。有兩家歐洲電動自行車進口商向歐洲法院提出申請,要求撤除歐委會對中國進口電動自行車實施進口登記的法規。

While the bicycle market is in a positive mood thanks to growing demand for e-bikes in Europe and Germany in particular, the biggest bicycle show on earth did not manage to keep up the number of visitors. The reason for the decline in the number of Eurobike

GENT, Belgium - The e-bike dumping investigation entered an all new phase as two European e-bike importers filed an application for annulment of the Commission Regulation imposing the registration of imports of electric bicycles from China with the EU General Court.

ZLIN, Czech Republic - Equinox Europe, the Czech-Taiwanese joint venture of Gigantex debuted two years ago with affordable brand line called Equator. The combination of discount pricing and flash sales was successfully tested on the Czech and Slovak

OSLO, Norway - Keeping an eye on the traffic and fellow bikers behind can be a challenge without mirror on the bike. TriEye developed eyewear with integrated mirror which is launched at Eurobike.

BERLIN, Germany - Thriving e-bike sales and favourable weather conditions have resulted in a positive mood on the German market. For the first half of 2018, the German industry association 'Zweirad Industry Verband' (ZIV) estimates an

GDANSK, Poland - The Swedish based e-bike producer ProNordic announced the opening of their e-bike factory in Gdansk, Poland. "Our plan to expand the production capacity in Gdansk became reality a little bit sooner than expected," said one of the ProNordic owners and founder Martin Walleräng.