This afternoon the Puello family (with former managers of Winora/Haibike) has revealed its plan for a return in the e-bike sector. Under the company name

SANKT GALLEN, Switzerland - The Swiss company Komenda sets a new standard regarding battery integration with its new brand Bergstrom.

Trek has unveiled an extraordinary new line of e-bikes that will indelibly alter the way people move in urban regions around the world. The all-new Trek

Pon Holdings has acquired Faraday Bicycles. Faraday Bicycles is a lifestyle e-bike brand designed in San Francisco and manufactured in Taiwan.

Koga, Accell's premium brand, is introducing 'V-Light' whichn is a nedw lighting technology specifically targeted for e-bike use.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - BESV developed a new range of e-MTB's which were launched at Eurobike. The TRB1 will be available in two versions, the full suspension model TRB1 AM and the hardtail TRB1 XC.

Roaring motorbike are still the headline for the bi-annual Intermot show in Cologne. However electromobility is getting more and more important at Intermot

A growing number of Germans embraces the bicycle as a mean of transport like never before. In the past two years this reflected by growing sales figures.

LONDON, UK - In 2015 the UK government made GBP 700,000 (€ 906,000) available to fund e-bike sharing projects across the UK. Spring 2016 sees the winning bidders start to roll out their schemes.

SHANGHAI, China - On Friday May 6 the doors will open for the 26th edition of the China Cycle 2016. Last year some 158,000 people attended China Cycle of which 11% were overseas visitors, making it the largest bicycle show on earth.

NAPLES, USA - The publishers of the 'Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports' announced the 2016 update to the 2015 edition of EBWR, the most comprehensive report of the light electric vehicle industry. The 2016 EBWR Update identifies trends like who are the major propulsion system makers and General Motors new e-bike development.

SHENZHEN, China - Recent legislation in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and coming soon to Shenzhen forbids the use of e-bikes across large swathes of the cities. It urged Dr. David Hon to write an open letter to the public, and to the government, speaking out against the regulations. The China Bicycle Association (CBA) responded with an official statement in support of Dr. David Hon.

HOLLY RIDGE, USA - The majority of the electric bicycles sold in the USA last year were imported from China or Taiwan. There are some local assembly operations, with the largest one being Prodecotech in Florida. The others are very relatively low volume.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The electric bike market in Europe must have performed exceptionally good in 2015. This is indicated by the Eurostat import statistics. In the January to August 2015 period the total e-bike import grew by 26.5% to over 550,000 units.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Startup Connection Bike (COBI) completed another round of financing with a nearly € 6.3 million financial injection from venture capitalist Munich Venture Partners (MVP) and other investors that are not all explicitly mentioned. Except this one: Meinders & Elstermann - International Print & Mediaservices.

SAINT LO, France - Supported by the local community as well as regional authorities, Easybike built a brand new factory completely dedicated to the production of e-bikes. The new plant was opened last Tuesday.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The announcement of the Dutch bicycle market statistics did not include many surprises this year. After the long summer of 2014, with mild temperatures and a lot of sunny hours, bicycle sales increased in both numbers and turnover. What intrigued everybody was the exact growth level.

BERLIN, Germany - Europe-wide regulations and experiences for speed pedelecs vary per country. The Dutch mobility consultancy Mobycon and German industry association ZIV have now made a first comparative study on this market in in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

ZEIST, the Netherlands - In the first half of this year, bicycle sales took place at a normal gross margin on average in the Netherlands. At the same time Dutch retailers are struggling with sky high inventory levels. This was reported by H&L Accountants from its hundreds of IBD customers in the Netherlands.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Irish e-bike delivery fleet provider Moby has taken over the customers of Mechs BV which was started only recently. Mechs took on the rental and maintenance of delivery vehicles after the restart of e-bike delivery fleet provider GreenMo. Now Mechs has also been declared bankrupt.