BRUSSELS, Belgium - It is most likely related to the fact that the EU is becoming more conscious of the need to raise awareness on imposed policies. The European Union is presenting a video explaining the why and how of the anti-dumping measures in force since January of this year on the import of e-bikes from China.

STUTTGART, Germany - DEKRA, the German testing and experts organization, has expanded its range of services targeted to electric two-wheel mobility. A new electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) laboratory and battery test facilities based in Stuttgart are opened. It's to meet growing demand caused by the recent changes in the legal status of e-bikes. Compliance of 25km/h e-bikes with the Machinery Directive and EN 15194 is now a legal obligation.

BERLIN, Germany - System integration is the news Brose has in store for MY 2020. The German mid-motor manufacturer expanded its portfolio and is now offering completely integrated Brose drive systems for e-bikes which, next to mid-motors, also includes control units, batteries and displays.

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - "In response to the growing importance of direct online sellers we see that brands which were exclusively distributed by dealers in the past, start to approach the consumer directly as well. As Europe's second largest dealer cooperative we should improve our performance for those brands by offering them more stability," says Dynamo Retail Group GM Maarten de Vos.

DELFT, the Netherlands - The Cycling Lab of the Delft Technical University (TU) opened its doors for the World Cycling Forum participants last month. In a series of presentations, they were informed on the background of the Cycling Lab and what this lab brings the bicycle industry.

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台灣，台中－Giant Manufacturing Co.和Merida Industry Co. 報告指出第二季度的電動自行車銷售成長穩地。該產品對於台灣自行車兩大龍頭企業來說已越來越重要。Giant發言人在五月便已宣佈該公司預計歐洲市場對於電動自行車的需求將持續增加。

德國，福吉沙芬（Freidrichshafen）－今年Eurobike將在9月4-7日舉辦，約會有150家新的參展商出席。到時將展出各家新一季最新產品和創新的企業總數將超過1400家。由此可見，Eurobike再次證明其在全球自行車產業商展當中領先的重要性。

加拿大，蒙特婁（Montreal）－Eco-Counter已公佈其2019年全球自行車運動指數（Worldwide Cycling Index），其分析了分佈於39個國家的3,266台計數器在去年登錄的5.18億趟行程紀錄後，顯現出自行車運動的整體進展。Eco-Counter總監Jean-Francois Rheault在上月位於蒙特婁由New Cities舉辦的Wellbeing Cities Forum（譯：幸福城市論壇）中宣佈該分析結論，此論壇是由企業決策者討論並在城市主導的計畫上合作以改善都會生活。

美國，坦帕市（Tampa）－American Classic的老闆Bill Shook和Ellen Kast在10日宣佈他們正在出售公司的資產，尋找能夠充分發揮此品牌及其技術潛力的策略性或營運收購者。

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN - Both Giant Manufacturing Co. and Merida Industry Co. report a steady growth of e-bikes sales during the second quarter of the year. The e-bike is becoming increasingly important for Taiwan's largest bicycle manufacturers.

HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands - In the first half of this year Accell Group saw its e-bike sales grow by 16 percent unit-wise and 47 percent in value. This boosted the company's overall results as its core business grew 8.8 percent in turnover to close to 651 million euro.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - This year's Eurobike show, taking place from 4 to 7 September, is welcoming some 150 new exhibitors. It takes the total number of companies presenting their newest products and innovations for the coming season to a trade public to over 1,400.

The Eurobike show (Friedrichshafen, Germany) will be a particularly exciting occasion for Thun this September — not only because 2019 is the company's centenary year, but also because of the various innovative new products Thun will be presenting there.

德國，杜伊斯堡（Duisburg）－儘管電動自行車正在歐洲蓬勃發展，但是對於鋁合金車架供量有限的問題是否能有解決的辦法？歐洲的產量勢必得在短時間內提高，不過進行機器人生產合金車架並不是件容易事。鋼製車架屬最容易的，但也不能回到使用鉻鉬鋼合金管。現在出現一款新型高耐用鋼材，強度及硬度都比鋁合金更高、又具有碳的成形性，它會是救星嗎？

荷蘭，阿墨斯福特（Amersfoort）－荷蘭市場上半年的報告再次顯現電動自行車市場成長驚人，與常規自行車漸趨下滑的銷售數字呈明顯對比，更是讓人不禁疑問短期的未來內市場是否會轉為全電動自行車市場？這樣還容得下常規自行車嗎？是否只有荷蘭市場有這樣的趨勢？

比利時，科特賴克（Kortrijk）－比利時最大的自行車展Velofollies近期進行了一場市場研究，報告指出電動自行車在該國廣為流行已成事實。他們也從2018年的數據發現該類產品將持續成長，甚至會佔該國至少一半的自行車銷售。

荷蘭，海倫芬（Heerenveen）－Accell Group NV於上週五宣佈已和加拿大規模最大的自行車零售商Canadian Tire Corporation（CTC）達成協議出售旗下加拿大品牌，包含Raleigh、Diamondback、Redline和IZIP。這項交易屬Accell在去年12月宣佈針對北美營運進行策略性檢討的一部份，交易金額為1600萬美金（1420萬歐元）。