TAICHUNG, Taiwan - For Merida the importance of the e-bike market continues to rise rapidly. In 2018 the company reported an e-bike output of 143,000 units, while for 2020 Merida forecasts to ship 330,000 e-bikes from Taiwan.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Urban e-bike start-up Cowboy SA announced an investment round via British crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The brand's community of approximately 45,000 registered fans can step in exclusively as of today via the company's website. The crowdfunding campaign for the public will start on 12 December.
BEN CAT TOWN, Vietnam - Motinova, a partnership between the two Chinese companies HL Corp. and TTium opened a new e-bike motor factory in the South of Vietnam last week.
LA FLECHE, France - The French e-bike manufacturer Neomouv, based in La Flèche (close to Le Mans), had to reorganize (among other operations) its production faster than it expected because of the anti-dumping duties on e-bikes imported from China that came into force last January.
TURNHOUT, Belgium - Leading e-mobility connector manufacturer Higo expands its signal range with a circular 6-pole connector with a diameter of only 6mm. This so-called Z606D connector has been especially developed for e-bike displays where 5 to 6 poles are commonly needed.
BAD SODEN, Germany - With the coming into force of the anti-dumping tariffs on the import of e-bikes from China mid-January 2019, that import has fallen to a negligible number.
SHEFFIELD, UK - European hydrogen fuel cell specialists, Pragma Industries, has successfully increased the maximum range of its pioneering hydrogen fuel cell Alpha bike by fifty percent. This could be accomplished by using an advanced, high-pressure gas cylinder from AMS Composite Cylinders.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Over 920 funders pledged amounts ranging from 250 euro to 80,000 euro in VanMoof's crowdfunding campaign earlier this week. According to VanMoof, "the crowdfunding round was so successful that it filled up before it even went public."
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The urban mobility company Voi Technology is currently planning a large-scale expansion in 150 European cities with e-step-scooters, as well as e-bikes and e-cargobikes. The Voi sharing system of this Scandinavian start-up was successfully launched in the summer of 2018 in Stockholm.
BAD SODEN, Germany - E-bikes are boosting the German bicycle industry as the sales volume hiked by a staggering 36 percent in 2018 compared to 2017. No less than 980,000 units were sold last year. Today every one out of four bicycles sold in Germany is an electric one.
The Czech company Comp Drives,that produces mid-motors C17/C18 with intelligent shifting GSGI, started a cooperation with Apache Bicycle. The Apache MY2019 offer is expanded with 7 ebike models with C18 motors. Comp Drives is establishing its market position and is becoming more and more known abroad.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Yesterday, the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) issued an emergency call to all stakeholders as a mandatory insurance on all e-bike types still looms.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Bicycle Manufacturers Association is next to applauding the imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on e-bikes imported from China also already warning for Chinese exporters that want to avoid the extra duties.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Friday, an important deadline expired in the anti-dumping case regarding the import of e-bikes from China. 21 September was the last day on which the European Commission could proclaim provisional anti-subsidy
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - While the regular speed limit for e-bikes is 25 km/h and km/h for speed pedelecs, Agogs recently launched the 32 km/h Tracer. According to Agogs "this maximum speed is much better suitable and comes closer to a regular bicycle experience".
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Tuesday Bike Europe reported on the number of people that presented their feedback to the European Commission on its decision that regular 25km/h - 250W electric bicycles need to have a third-party liability insurance.
It is known that e-bike batteries do pose a risk of fire, but when a full e-bike warehouse goes up in flames you have a serious problem. Last Tuesday some 300 people living in the vicinity of the Stella e-bike and battery warehouse which was on fire had to be evacuated
India's electric vehicle (EV) industry is heading for big leap on the back of government intervention in the next five years. Although EVs yet to gain large adoption, the government push and rising awareness would likely to be a game changer and the fledgling sector is expected to grow double-digit up to 2020.
Ongoing rumors on 'Brussels' ability to retroactively impose dumping duties on e-bikes imported from China prompted the European branch of the LEVA-EU
BERLIN, Germany - Bosch wants to transform into a provider of mobility services. For reaching that objective the (automotive and bike) components
