DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - 'Giant To Sell 600,000 E-Bikes This Year.' It was this report, published last October at Bike Europe's online platform, bike-eu.com, that triggered our desire to dig deeper into the basic question of how big is the biggest in e-bikes? Could that be Giant?

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - Industry organizations BOVAG and RAI in the Netherlands expect a huge boost for the country's e-bike market in 2020 and the years after.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Eight quite large cycling competition events in one weekend day and 1.2 owned bicycle per head of the population; the Czech Republic is the most "cycling-as-sport" avid country in Europe!

CORK, Ireland - Mapil Topco, owner of internet only giant WiggleCRC, has posted a pre-tax loss of GBP 132.5 million (€ 157m) for the trading period of the 52 weeks to December 30th 2018. The suffered loss is despite the fact that sales at the group rose 15 percent to GBP 453 million (€ 537m) with underlying profits of GBP 14.2 million (€ 16.8m).

德國，坦納（Tanna）－Continental於11月中將退出電動自行車市場，同為Extra Energy總經理及自行車電動化主義者的Hannes Neupert，將此歸咎於汽車供應鏈因轉換至電動汽車遭受龐大壓力。他表示這導致企業在生存的壓力之下做出不明智的決定，與電動自行車市場並無關係。他說：「這塊市場還在幼稚園階段，就像1995年的手機市場一樣。」

保加利亞，普羅夫迪夫（Plovdiv）－保加利亞最新出現的電動自行車廠商為Cross Ltd，該公司近期於蒙塔納（Montana）新設電動自行車生產廠。Leader 96 Ltd在2017年中在Plovdiv附近設立了該公司第二座自行車工廠。除了Leader 96和Cross bike，該國自行車產業還包含其他四間製造商。他們正將保加利亞變成歐洲下一座「自行車谷」（bike valley），該國電動自行車出口正迅速成長。

保加利亞，索非亞（Sophia）－該國首座鋁合金車架工廠的開幕對保國自行車谷來說是很重要的。他將繼波蘭和葡萄牙後成為歐洲第三個擁有專屬鋁合金車架工廠的國家。這座新的Cycle Gets工廠若全面營運，年產能將達20萬輛。

台灣，台中－台中週是否在與Bike Europe打對臺？還是說會看似如此，是因為台中週像美國的自行車展會一樣，在銷售季期間發表新年度的首發系列而將舉辦日期提前了？事實上是主辦單位很早就確定明年台中週的日期了，才會和明年Eurobike的日期有點衝突到。

TANNA, Germany - Mid November Continental announced to pull out of the electric bike market. Extra Energy MD and longtime bike electrification activist Hannes Neupert blames that on the automotive supply chain being under severe pressure due to the switch to electric cars.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - For Merida the importance of the e-bike market continues to rise rapidly. In 2018 the company reported an e-bike output of 143,000 units, while for 2020 Merida forecasts to ship 330,000 e-bikes from Taiwan.

WARSZAW, Poland - Exact market data for 2019 is not yet available but the Polish Cycle Association (PCA) expects a decline in bicycles sales this year.

KUNSHAN, China - The new 36V 4 Amp charger of Kunshan ST Electronics is not only the smallest in the market, but also much more efficient than the previous generation. According to ST Electronics it reaches a level of efficiency of no less than 92 percent.

EICMA 2019 was a key event for Devron Europe, after the investments the company recently made both in the R&D and Production departments, with the aim to develop its range further.

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - The newest e-bike producer in Bulgaria is Cross Ltd. The company recently opened a new facility focused on the production of e-bikes in Montana. Mid-2017 Leader 96 Ltd opened the company's second bike factory which is located near Plovdiv.

SOFIA, Bulgaria - The opening of the country's first aluminum frame production facility is an important addition to Bulgaria's Bike Valley. Bulgaria will become the third country in Europe with its own aluminum frame production, following Poland and Portugal.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Are they looking for an outright confrontation; or does it only seem that way and are the very early 2020 Taichung Bike Week dates prompted by what is now common practice in America; delivering the first series of the new model year in the middle of the sales season?

台灣，台北－台灣議會於週二通過一項草案，目的是要抵制不實的原產地標示及原產地證明書。在政府確定有幾家企業將中國製產品標上假冒的原產地標籤以逃避歐盟對中國製產品徵收反傾銷稅之後，台灣經濟部便發起該草案。不實標示也導致歐盟展開行動調查多項台灣貨品，其中包含電動自行車及自行車。

捷克，Dolni Dobrouc－天津Golden Wheel Bicycle Group Co. Ltd (金輪集團)近期宣佈投資一千萬歐元於捷克設新廠，該座工廠是為提高電動自行車的年產量至18萬輛。該公司於九月時已有拓展旗下Totem電動自行車品牌的生產。