荷蘭漸轉為全電動自行車市場
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?

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)。

MONTREAL, Canada - Eco-Counter has announced the results of its 2019 Worldwide Cycling Index. It shows an overall progression in cycling activity as it analyzed data from over 518 million trips logged by 3,266 counters, across 39 countries in 2018.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Messe Friedrichshafen has decided not to go ahead with the premiere of its new OUTDOOR Friedrichshafen show scheduled for 17 to 19 September 2019 and to postpone the new format.

CHICAGO, USA - Researchers of the Chicago College of Engineering (University of Illinois) have discovered a method which greatly improves the fire safety of Lithium-Ion batteries. This is good news for all sectors of the e-mobility industry, where fire safety is a major concern.

TAINAN, Taiwan - The technology is called Diamond Hard Tech (DHT) which, according to Taya, "Provides the solidest hardened base with extreme hardness performance and self-lubrication feature."

DUISBURG, Germany - Is there a solution for the major problem that the rocketing e-bike sales in Europe is facing? That problem is in the limited availability of aluminum frames. Production in Europe has to increase; and fast. But starting (robotized) production of alloy frames is complicated.
Subscribers onlyMADRID, Spain - It took some more time as in other European countries, but electric bikes are now also making their mark on the bicycle market in Spain.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Last Friday Accell Group NV announced that it has reached agreement on the sale of its Canadian brand registrations of Raleigh, Diamondback, Redline and IZIP to Canadian Tire Corporation; the country's biggest bike retailer.

21-year-old trainee Cem Inceoglu has been hired as a member of Thun's back office and sales controlling team. He originally joined the company in August 2017 on the apprenticeship programme that he recently rounded off successfully.

比利時,布魯塞爾(Brussels)-電動滑板車在歐洲現正越來越普及,不論是定點租還或是隨借隨還的電動滑板車都到處充斥於街道上,使用率也越來越高。因此也造成不少意外發生,近期在布魯塞爾首次發生致命意外,引起政府及各機構的高度關注。接下來政府將會訂定相關法規,甚至歐盟也可能立法規範。

法國,巴黎(Paris)-由於共享滑板車系統經營者數量正不斷成長,產品使用者數量和意外事故次數的也不斷增加,因此法國將從九月開始落實電動滑板車相關的新法規以管理該類城市交通工具。

日本,磐田市(Iwata)-Yamaha突破了自己在越野摩托車的表現,更是顯現出該品牌大廠源自摩托車運動的DNA。Yamaha現在聲稱其新款PW-X2中置馬達已為高階電動登山車設下新標竿。Yamaha還會為2020年度車款帶來更多新品,向是搭載PW-ST、四元感測系統(Quad Sensor System)及自動輔助模式技術的運動越野自行車。

台灣,彰化-由於今年初開始徵收電動自行車的反傾銷稅,因此TranzX正遷移其製造廠。他們並不是把所有的產線都從中國東莞市及深圳遷至台灣,而是只有遷移新款TranzX馬達M17至台灣廠。這是否意味未來會有更多?
Subscribers onlyAMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - First half year results for the Dutch market indicate that again electric bike sales is showing huge growth. It contrasts sharply with the sale of regular bicycles, which is sinking further and further.
Subscribers onlyKORTRIJK, Belgium - That the Belgian people embraced e-bikes has already been established as a fact by recent market studies carried out by 'Velofollies', the country's biggest bicycle show.

ANNECY, France - Amer Sports has completed its divestment of Mavic SAS. The Finnish sporting goods manufacturer has finalized the sale of its French bike subsidiary to private equity firm Regent LP.