德國－儘管MIFA於3週前強烈否認此聞，其仍然陷入了嚴重的財務困境。這間剛開始在其新廠進行生產的德國自行車製造商已在1月4日提出破產申請。

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Today Accell Group has announced that it is considering the sale of its American activities. Accell North America Inc. (ANA) is continued in a separate entity for non-core activities. Besides a sale of the activities, a restructuring is also possible.

On behalf of the Bike Europe team, it is my pleasure to wish all the readers of the e-mail Newsletter and all the regular visitors of the Bike Europe website as well as all the readers of the monthly Bike Europe trade journal, a happy Christmas and a good & healthy 2019.

瑞典，斯哥德爾摩（Stockholm）－天氣好壞一直都是影響自行車銷售的一大因素，今年炎熱無雨的夏季讓瑞典的自行車業績飆升，特別是電動自行車。除了天氣之外，政府的補助政策也是銷售上升的原因。今年瑞典電動自行車熱銷成長53%，銷售總量破10萬。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－等待許久，歐盟執委會終於在上週發佈「案件AD634－關乎自中國進口的電動自行車反傾銷程序」的「最終一般揭露文件」(General Final Disclosure Document)。執委會會將此份文件發給各股東及程序中的合作方，宣佈中國電動自行車傾銷案之調查結果以及計畫徵收的反傾銷稅。

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆(Doetinchem)－在上月初舉辦的Eurobike上打著載有最大電池容量的電動自行車是否為真有待商確，不過西班牙自行車製造商BH推出的電動登山車頂級款Atom號稱擁有720瓦時。多虧於電動汽車製造商Tesla推動電池的創新，電動自行車的性能、功率及使用壽命都創造了新高。

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The e-bike and its components are certainly not that widely visible at the Taichung Bike Week 2017, which started earlier today,

MOSCOW, Russia - Renowned names like Shimano, Schwinn, Cube, Specialized, Merida, Haibike and Marin were there through their distributors.

BOULDER, USA - The potential of the US e-bike market can best be illustrated by the 'e-bike update page' in the first ever annual report of the BPSA

Amer Sports Corporation為「優先考量永續獲利成長」而縮減了公司2020年的目標。至於縮減目標的原因，該芬蘭運動服飾及自行車產品製造商表示，是因為美國批發市場具有相當挑戰性。電子商務的快速崛起已重重打擊2016年美國運動用品零售商，例如Sports Authority及Toys'R'Us

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹 (Amsterdam)－儘管阿姆斯特丹的人們已習慣在街頭各處停放自行車，無樁共享自行車系統在這個自行車運動之世界首都中的快速發展已引發不少問題，而市民已要求市議會採取行動。

The switch to omni-channel is inevitable. And this switch is currently taking place on such a level that it is no longer the question if the websites of

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure has recently stated that anyone owning an e-bike must have a motorcycle licence and be insured, taxed and

台灣，台北－上週落幕的台北國際自行車展較往年不同，不如以往熱絡。主要是展期更動的緣故，因為台北展將在五個月後再次舉辦。這場亞洲最大的業界盛事今年除了參展商及參觀者數量雙雙下滑之外，影響最大的是市場近期走向難以預測。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）—昨日有媒體報導指出，負責反傾銷及反補貼案的調查者擬定了一份草案，內容說明歐盟執委會欲對中國電動自行車徵收79.3%的反傾銷及反補貼稅。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Already in 2017 the EU imports of regular bicycles from China showed a huge increase; by 54 percent to 635,000 units. Eurostat import data for the first half of 2018 shows that this vast growth continued.

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DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - That Pon Holdings, which in essence is a car company, is acquiring a big stake in Accell Group can be regarded as part of a broader trend. That trend is that car makers are now actually entering the electric two-wheeler markets of the world.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's e-bike exports soared in volume and in value during the first nine months of this year. Export volume upped by 48 percent and reached nearly 200,000 units. Money-wise Taiwan electric bicycle exports grew with 52 percent to USD 269 million.

台灣，台北－今年台北展最夯的話題之一會是「推動自行車產業在物聯網時代中不斷創新的是什麼？」該展將於今年10月30日至11月3日舉辦。