BERLIN, Germany - Coup eScooter's decision to discontinue its business in three European metropolises Berlin, Paris and Madrid was already announced in November 2019. Only last 26 February German Tier Mobility reported the take-over of the entire e-scooter fleet of the Bosch subsidiary Coup Mobility GmbH.

After the successful edition of the Benelux bicycle trade fair in 2019, the Vélovak team is working hard on the upcoming fourth edition (September 27, 28 and 29 September 2020). "There is a lot of news we would like to share: new participants, new features, experience and more."

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Accell Group NV saw its net turnover in 2019 increase by 7.5% to 1,111 mio euro compared with 2018. The operating result was 16.6% higher than the year before and ended at 60 million euro. However Accell Group also saw its net

MONTEREY, USA - The Coronavirus has hit the next international bicycle show. Sea Otter Classic will not take place from April 16 - 19. This was announced by the show organization yesterday evening. At this moment a new schedule for Sea Otter Classic has not been set.

PARIS, France - It's official, the French government has legislated the prevention of e-bike tuning.

TAINAN, Taiwan - In response to the impact of the US-China trade dispute, chain manufacturer (for among other products, bicycles and e-bikes) KMC announced an investment program to expand local production capacity in Taiwan.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan -Giant Manufacturing Co, Ltd. announces a new brand structure to consolidate resources and function as a parent company of multiple business units and brands. According to the Giant statement the new strategy implies "To shift from building a strong brand to building a strong brand portfolio".

DIJON, France - Benjamin Huguet, Accell Group's current MD for Southern Europe, will leave the company mid-March. He held this position since 2018 when the Dutch holding initiated its reorganization by geographical zone.

義大利，波佐萊奧內（Pozzoleone）－儘管北義大利爆發新冠肺炎（COVID-19）疫情，不過該地工廠仍舊照常營運。Selle Royal昨日發出聲明證實：「我們位在義大利的生產廠仍全面營運，並提供完全正常水平的產量及服務。」他們並不是唯一一個位於倫巴底（Lombardy）和維內托（Veneto）維持正常營運的製造商，該兩區為義大利疫情尤其嚴重的區域。雖然工廠照常營運，但情況絕對不如以往。位於該區的工廠皆嚴格落實健康管制計畫。

中國，蘇州市－中國的電動自行車驅動系統製造商Bafang已恢復蘇州廠的營運，該公司於聲明中表示：「正積極全面恢復其供應鏈、重啟產能滿載以應付客戶需求。」

荷蘭─阿姆斯特丹（Amsterdam）－去年銷售季所有數據都呈現電動自行車的銷售成長。儘管2018年已出現前所未有的成長趨勢，2019年的電動自行車熱潮依舊不減。去年荷蘭紀錄共售出42萬輛電動自行車，較2018年成長2.4%。如今，電動自行車銷售佔了荷蘭市場的42%，2018年為41%。

POZZOLEONE, Italy - Despite the COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy the industry there is up and running. Selle Royal confirmed this today in a statement that says "Our Italian production site is fully operative and offering a totally normal level of production and services."

SUZHOU, China - E-bike drive system maker Bafang in China is back in business. The company has resumed production at his Suzhou facility and, "Took measures to fully restore its supply chain and recommence full production capacity to meet customer requirements," says Bafang in a statement published yesterday.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - During last year's sales season all indications were pointing at increasing e-bike sales. While 2018 already saw unprecedented growth, also 2019 showed relentless interest in electric bicycles.

LONDON, UK - It has just been announced that Evans Cycles will be a headline sponsor of the London e-Bike Festival which will take place at London's Battersea Evolution from 2nd to 3rd May. The Festival will now be known as Evans Cycles London e-Bike Festival powered by Shimano Steps.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - That e-bike sales in Sweden would drop hard in 2019 was taken into account by all market operators. In particular because the government's subsidy scheme stopped which made up 25 percent of the purchase price of an e-bike up to a total of one

KORTRIJK, Belgium - The 2019 sales figures for the Belgian market show a remarkable development. Last year the number of e-bike sold turned out higher than the one for regular bicycles. E-bikes rose to 51 percent of total bicycle sales. This makes Belgium the

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Amid latest news from China that the Coronavirus brings every day lesser numbers of casualties, updates from Taiwan point to the fact that the country's show organizer is doing its upmost to turn Taipei Cycle+ into a success.