TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Electric bicycles are turning out to be the big money-maker for Taiwan's bike industry. At least, it is for the 2nd biggest maker of the country, Merida.

CHICAGO, USA - The troubled U.S. retail giant Sears Holdings Corp. had to file for bankruptcy on October 15. On that day, the in 1886 founded company which is also selling bicycles and cycling products at entry-level price points, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Previously, Sears' shares dropped double digitally.

PARIS, France - Bike sharing, cargo bikes and a wide offering of connected products and accessories, the mobility market and green solutions are developing rapidly in France and other countries in Europe.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The imports from China of 25km/h - 250W e-bikes into the European Union increased by close to 85 percent in the first half of 2018, according to Eurostat data. Despite all measures initiated by the European Commission in connection with the anti-dumping proceedings, of which the

REDDITCH, UK - Halfords Group plc and Brompton Bicycle, the world-famous manufacturer of the iconic folding bike, announced the Brompton bike will be available across the Halfords group via 21 Cycle Republic stores, including via click and collect.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK - Sports engineers TotalSim will open a cutting-edge R&D facility for the cycling industry next February in the UK. The state-of-the-art Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub includes two new wind tunnels, plus office and workshop space for rent.

PARIS, France - Peugeot Motocycles gave insight into its future urban mobility product range at the Mondial de la Moto show which took place in Paris from 4 to 14 October.

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－ EBMA在一封標記十月八號的信件當中向歐盟執委會表示希望能撤回之前提出實施電動自行車進口登記的申請，消息來源為歐洲電動自行車進口商集團。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－與新加坡和越南的自由貿易協定是否破局？對於要拓展至歐盟國家的中國企業限制是否越來越多？中國出口商在歐盟及美國關稅的雙重攻擊之下可能已在尋找更低成本的替代來源。儘管歐盟與越南的自由貿易協定有了一線生機，但勞工權益談不攏，協定也連帶影響。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－歐盟自行車產業上週為Cycling Industries Europe（CIE，暫譯：歐洲單車產業倡導協會）的成立會議一同聚在布魯塞爾，該會成立目的是為了讓產業各領域所有大小規模的公司能夠對行業及社會做出貢獻。Cycleurope執行長Tony Grimaldi被選為新成立倡導協會的創辦主席。

德國，德勒斯登（Dresden）－約在一年前成立的TerraE財團欲建設生產鋰離子電池超級工廠的雄心壯志似乎已熄滅。德國媒體Tagesspiegel報導，財團的企業成員都不願意承擔開始大規模生產所需的財務責任。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In a letter, dated 8 October, the European Bicycle Manufacturers' Association (EBMA) has informed the European Commission that they wish to withdraw their request for registration of imports. This was reported by the Collective of European Importers of Electric Bicycles.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European bicycle industry gathered in Brussels last week for their founding meeting of the Cycling Industries European (CIE). It is being created to enable cycling businesses of all sizes and from all sectors to make their contribution to business and society.

DRESDEN, Germany - The TerraE consortium, set up with great ambitions about a year and a half ago to establish a giga factory to produce lithium-ion cells, has seemed to have failed.

VIENNA, Austria - In a recent case of bicycle theft the Austrian police was able to track and find a stolen e-bike in 24 hours and even discover a van of stolen goods. Geo-location and connectivity were the keywords to solve the case at an international level.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission recently published its proposals to reform the Value Added Tax (VAT) system. If the proposal goes ahead, Member States will be able to set reduced or zero VAT rates much more freely than currently.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Are the Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Vietnam jeopardized and are Chinese companies looking for expansion into the European Union faced with a growing number of limitations? This time with duties and tariffs of the

IDSTEIN, Germany - After launching its first own online D2C (Direct-to-Customer) platform for the German-speaking market, German premium bicycle niche brand Storck Bicycle GmbH now opened it for the world market. Since the end of September the English-language page is online as well.