AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The good news for VanMoof is that they've secured a further round of investment to support their growing e-bike business. The latest US$40 million (€33.8 million) brings the total tally raised up to US$73 million (€61.8 million). The bad news is, this is crucially needed to tackle the 'growth problems' the company can't seem to shake off; notably bad customer service, supply issues and quality control.

KONSTANZ, Germany - D2C-supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH ended the financial year 2019/2020 (September end) with a record sales turnover of €400 million, an increase of 30%. Company founder and CEO Roman Arnold believes that the time is now right to set the future course for further growth, including changes to top management and enticing new investment partners. 

TAOYUAN, Taiwan - Following a successful initial launch in the US, Taiwanese battery swapping and electric scooter company, Gogoro is bringing its Eeyo 1 e-bike offering to Europe. With distribution agreements in several European countries, the Eeyo 1 will be available in France beginning October 2. Gogoro hopes their "E-urban" concept will change the perception of an e-bike.

台湾，台北-台湾的电动自行车出口在上半年增长了21％，达到41万辆。电动自行车的出口额接近4.4亿欧元，传统自行车的出口额为4.91亿欧元。

台灣，台北－台北自行車展公佈消息表示，明年三月的展會將有全新的虛擬展同時進行。貿協理事長葉明水在記者會上表示：「這能鞏固我們在業界行事曆當中重要活動的地位，以接觸售後市場及OEM廠商的最新發展進度，並作為踏入亞太市場的重要踏板。」

英國，雷迪奇（Redditch）－英國最大自行車實體零售商Halfords先前公佈截至7月3日的第二季度成績，自行車銷售同比大幅成長57.1%。現在該大廠又表示電動自行車及滑板車銷售較前一年同期增長了230%。這波疫情效應是否會持續？

德國，齊恩多夫（Zirndorf）－Metz在2018年Eurobike首次以中置馬達供應商之姿於電動自行車產業亮相，其德國製造的優質電動滑板車Moover更獲得大家關注。不過計畫終告失敗，Metz Mecatech GmbH於8月25日申請破產。

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taipei Cycle has revealed the 2021 show will sit alongside a new virtual event next March. "This decision cements our position as a major event on the industry calendar to gain access to the latest developments from manufacturers for the aftermarket and OEMs, as well as a crucial gateway for business in the Asia-Pacific markets," said TAITRA President Walter Yeh earlier today at a press conference in Taipei.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the first half of this year, Taiwan increased its e-bike exports to 410,000 units or 21%. Export values of e-bikes reached NT$523 billion, on par with regular bikes which stood at NT$583 billion.

BARCELONA, Spain - Taiwanese bicycle component manufacturer, Glory Wheel, is to open up a facility in Barcelona after "seeing the need to service products and quickly deliver products to factories and offices in Europe". The company is now in the final stages of setting up the operation and plans to be fully running by the end of 2020.

HAIBACH, Germany - Battery manufacturer, E-bike Vision, which started in 2011 with the production of replacement batteries for Panasonic has been renamed to Akku Vision. A growing portfolio outside of the e-bike segment has called for the change.

New workshop-style technical education videos about the innovative chain-replacing belt drive system from Gates Carbon Drive are now available, covering a range of topics from efficiency, alignment, new tools, performance in the field and upcoming training events.

The cancellation and postponement of leading trade fairs did not deter e-bike component developers from launching next generation products. In this buoyant growth market, product design is only accelerating, despite supply chain constraints as a result of Covid-19. E-bikes give the industry so much confidence that the outlook for the MY2021 is mostly positive.

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - Shimano's second-generation e-MTB system comes with a full line of features. The component manufacturer targets the EP8 for a wide range including premium mountain biking and competition racing to trail riding, cross-country, casual MTB, trekking and off-road adventuring. However, when the new drive system will be available to the market is still unknown.

OBERWANGEN, Switzerland - When Stromer launched the ST2 in 2014, it was the first-ever fully connected Speed Pedelec. With the completely redesigned ST2, Stromer is adding extra power and a carbon belt drive in its next generation model which is set to hit the market in October.

Shenzhen, China - Lithium-ion battery charger developer and manufacturer, Modiary, have unveiled a new smart charger, MDA310. The company claims the product can charge three times faster than ordinary chargers and the built-in software allows for an "intelligent control of the whole charging process".

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REDDITCH, UK - A couple of months ago Halfords, the UK's largest bricks and mortar cycle retailer, posted Q2 results for the 13 weeks to July 3rd showing an incredible 57.1% like-for-like growth in cycling sales. Now they've reported a 230% year-on-year increase in e-bike and scooter sales. But will the 'Covid effect' last?