德國，科步倫次（Koblenz）－自行車製造商Canyon與德國阿亨工業大學（Technical University of Aachen）合作設計一款新的都會交通工具。經過兩年的努力，他們指稱的「未來移動性概念」（Future mobility concept）是一款「汽車及自行車的革命性替代方案」。

SOLOTHURN, Switzerland - The Swiss bicycle trade can look back on a successful 2019: the number of bicycles sold increased to 363,497 units, an increase of 5.2%. The sales growth in 2019 doubled compared with 2018. The market expansion was mainly due to high demand for e-bikes, where the market share increased from 32.3 to 36.6%, the industry association Velosuisse reported.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eurostat import figures for the first four months of 2020 clearly point to the fact that the impact of COVID-19 on e-bike imports in the EU-27 countries is limited to a small decline of less than 3%. Notwithstanding the supply chain constraints and even order cancellations, these latest statistics once again mark the importance of the e-bike for the industry.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In contrast to the e-bike imports into the European Union, the bicycle imports declined significantly during the period January - May this year. The total import volume dropped by more than 15% from 2,577,256 units in 2019 to 2,181,239 this year. Taiwan's focus on e-bikes has a big impact on the top-ranking positions of bicycle exporting countries to the European Union. In line with last year's trends, China's export volumes to the EU-27 continues to increase.

SCHIPHOL, the Netherlands - Yamaha's announcement to start coordinating its European OEM e-bike business from its EU head office in the Netherlands last May was already expected much earlier. In the nineties Yamaha was one of the pioneers on the e-bike market, but after a few less successful attempts in Europe, the company focused on the local market.

KOBLENZ, Germany - Bicycle manufacturer, Canyon, has teamed up with the Technical University of Aachen, Germany to design a new form of urban transportation. After two years in the making, they claim the 'Future mobility concept', is a "revolutionary alternative to both the automobile and the bicycle."

POZZOLEONE, Italy - The Selle Royal Group (SRG) has announced the passing of long-time colleague, Andrea Meneghelli, who died suddenly last Wednesday of natural causes. At only 49 years old, he passed away while riding his bike near his home in Dolo, Italy.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Designers, manufacturers and retailers in bicycle-related industries are now invited to submit their latest research and development results for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2021. Registrations are welcome until 14 December 2020 and the winners will be announced at next year's Taipei Cycle show which runs from 3-6 March 2021. open for entries

Now the summer is officially over, it is time to prepare for the upcoming season. On June 24 the Dutch government gave trade fairs the green light to continue their events safely, thus the past months were busy times for the team of the trade event Vélovak. As long as people are able to keep 1,5 meters distance between each other, there is no limit to the number of people for gatherings.

ENNEPETAL, Germany - Alexander Thun has been appointed co-CEO of Thun, the traditional German manufacturer of bicycle parts. Together with his father Alfred Thun, who will continue to act as managing partner, Alexander Thun now shares the responsibility for all business units.

HERNE, Germany - Dutch E-bike specialist, Stella E-bikes, is continuing its European expansion with the opening of a new E-bike Test Center in Herne, Germany. Following the store in Nettetal, this will be the e-bike specialist's second branch in Germany.

MASSACHUSETTS, US - By aiming to transform bicycle-sharing systems into an on-demand mobility solution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) proposes that autonomous bicycles could serve as an alternative to current bike sharing models and solve problems such as over-quantification.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A new information platform for the safe transportation, testing and packaging of battery cells, batteries, and vehicles and equipment containing batteries has been launched. BatteriesTransport.org is a joint industry initiative of eight industry associations for batteries and battery-powered products, including LEV trade association, LEVA-EU.

斯洛伐克 ，Velke Orviště－Kellys Bicycles執行長Michal Divinec於該公司2021年式展示會上表示：「經過20多年後，我們推出新一代的材料，擺脫易碎度高的標準樹脂碳複合材料了。」該斯洛伐克公司與比利時車架製造商Rein4ced合作，推出其適用於Theos F系列的全新電動自行車車架。

比利時，根特（Gent）－超市集團Colruyt在2019年收購比利時自行車連鎖零售公司Fiets!，拯救了他們的未來。Fiets!在一年前申請破產重組，據比國報章媒體De Tijd，Colruyt當時必須再投資1000萬歐元作為未來證明。

英國，米爾頓凱恩斯（Milton Keynes）－電動自行車製造商Volt已清楚看到製造緊鄰市場帶來的優勢，該公司於2010年成立，在疫情期間按計畫開設了位於Milton Keynes的英國廠。創辦兄弟檔James和Lyle Metcalfe也因此能看到產量大幅成長。

德國，法蘭克福（Frankfurt）－歐洲電池技術最大型會議及展覽再次宣佈新的舉辦日期，原訂於春季的日期受疫情影響將延到明年四月舉辦。

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - "Corona has been a spark for digitalisation," claimed Head of Eurobike, Stefan Reisinger at the opening of Eurobike's first digital days on September 1. He referred not only to the event being digital, but the fact that digitalisation is increasingly creeping into the whole bicycle industry chain.