
Regulation required to ban unsafe e-bike battery chargers and...
LONDON, UK - Quality issues with e-bike battery chargers have caused reasons for concern in the UK but also in EU countries. One of the largest...

India drafting standards for e-bikes as market develops rapidly
LUDHIANA, India - The Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) is in the midst of drafting standards for electric power assisted cycles. Standards for...

UK bike industry bodies issue e-bike battery guidance as new safety...
LONDON, England - An increase in e-bike battery fires in the UK has prompted a call for new legislation to mandate the safety of e-bike batteries...

Blog: Online platforms become quasi-regulators
The rapid growth of e-commerce has transformed the way we shop, allowing us to purchase a wide range of products conveniently from online...

Cargo bike standard a step closer to finalisation
SCHWEINFURT, Germany – During a recent meeting of the Dutch standardisation committee and European stakeholders, the completion of a standard for...

US authorities calls on e-bike manufacturers to comply with safety...
WASHINGTON, United States - In an open letter to more than 2,000 e-bike, e-scooter, hoverboard and e-unicycle manufacturers and importers, the US...

Pon.Bike subsidiary Urban Arrow takes lead in EU cargobike standard
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - In close cooperation with the Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN), Pon.Bike subsidiary Urban Arrow has taken the...

BLOG: E-bike battery fires and what the industry can do about it
Did you see the horror crash of Formula 1 racer Zhoa at Silverstone this year? He survived, miraculously, due to a mandatory safety measure that was...

Bicycle industry calls for ban on sale, application and use of e-bike...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The industry takes strong stance against tampering of e-bikes. Under the aegis of CONEBI 15 national bicycle industry...

EU legislation and the future of the bicycle industry update event at...
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - The industry organisation CONEBI and ZIV will host an update event on future legislation in the European Union. A...

ISO/TS 4210-10 only a technical specification, not a standard
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The existing ISO 4210 safety standard for bicycles was supposed to be extended with a new paragraph on e-bikes. On 1 September...

Cross-industry platform to support safe battery transportation
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A new information platform for the safe transportation, testing and packaging of battery cells, batteries, and vehicles and...

Cyclist visibility, road regulations and UK law
LONDON, UK - The pandemic has prompted many people to take to two wheels. Many see public transport as the least desirable option, the number of...

Will Regular 250W E-Bikes Be Included in Costly Type-Approval...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - At an early February Symposium in Brussels titled: 'Symposium on Legal Status and Market Position of Speed Pedelecs' it appeared...

Regulations, Probably Even Type-Approval Coming for Electric...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - You can see them in more and more cities around Europe. And the numbers of docked and/or free-floating electric step-scooters on...

French Government Regulates Use of Electric Step-Scooters by Applying...
PARIS, France - From next September onwards, a new regulation will come into force in France which applies to the use of electric step-scooters. As...

Latest EU Commission's Decision Changed Legal Status of E-Bikes
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last 19 March the European Commission implemented "Decision (EU) 2019/436 on the harmonized standards for machinery drafted in...

Bontrager's New Helmet Technology Provokes Discussion Over Test...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The launch of Trek and Bontrager helmets featuring the licensed WaveCel technology is creating lots of discussions among helmet...

Draft Cargo Bike Standard Open for Public Review
BERLIN, Germany - The German draft standard for cargo bikes DIN 79010 has been published for public review. At this point, it is only available in...

Revised EN 15194 E-Bike Safety Standard Implemented
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The very long-awaited revision of EN 15194 has finally been published and is already implemented by the national standardization...

Development Starts for Cargo Bikes' Safety Standard
DELFT, the Netherlands - The European Standardization Committee for bicycles CEN/TC 333 'Cycles' considers it high time that a standard describing...