BAD SODEN, Germany - Bicycles and e-bikes have become the mode of transport of the hour, defying the corona crisis, the German bicycle association, Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV) says. Figures they released today show a 15.8% increase in e-bike sales in Germany in the first half of 2020 and the association is optimistic about reaching 2019 sales levels by year end.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - On 13 August, Giant Group announced not only its financial second quarter and half year 2020 results but also the official operational start of production at its new European factory in Gyöngyös, Hungary. In times of increased demand and empty warehouses, the timing of this European facility close to the market could not have been better.
GRENOBLE, France — French start-up eBikeLabs has launched a crowdfunding on Wiseed. Since eBikeLabs creation in 2015, a group of more than hundred people have invested €1.2 million and enabled the company to collect more than €3 million in total. Currently, already 70% of eBikeLabs' turnover is generated on the international market.
BUSNAGO, Italy - The introduction of FSA's e-bike drive system was one of the highlights at Eurobike last year. The company now announces the start of mass production in July. The first e-bikes specified with the FSA system will be in the shops early September.
LONDON, UK - "The fascinating thing of an e-bike is that it radically changes the ethic of a bicycle," said Paul Lee, Global Head of Research for the technology, media and telecommunications industry at Deloitte. Last January this renowned consultancy firm published a study named 'Discover the Future' in which it presents detailed expectations for the new decade. In the midst of topics like 5G, robots and where the smartphone will take us; cycling is mentioned as the second subject.
NECKARSULM, Germany - At last year's Eurobike, Amprio GmbH's head of drive unit development, Dietmar Greven, stated that the 2016-founded start-up intends to start series production of its own pedelec drivetrain system called "E-Track System" in mid 2021. Meaning that Amprio drivetrains with individual control unit (HMI) and rechargeable battery will first buzz onto the market in 2022. Backed by its parent company Rheinmetall Group the newcomer can now also rely on a comprehensive and customer-oriented logistics and service concept.
ALTENBERGE, Germany - Bicycle/ebike assembler, AT Zweirad, is expanding their production facilities in Altenberge in anticipation of the growing e-bike market. The first concrete pillars of a new assembly plant have been placed and a groundbreaking ceremony has been held. Completion is expected in early Autumn.
DRESDEN, Germany - The implementation of the WMTC (World Motorcycle Test Cycle) from January 2020 onwards has significantly changed the speed pedelec's type approval test procedure. Dresden, Germany based EMEC-Prototyping already did a series of successful test runs with WMTC implemented in its test benches.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - During last year's sales season all indications were pointing at increasing e-bike sales. While 2018 already saw unprecedented growth, also 2019 showed relentless interest in electric bicycles.
HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Last December we posed the question "How Big is the Biggest in E-Bikes?". The today published Annual Report 2019 of Accell Group provides the exact answer on that question.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union has pledged some 5 million euro in start-up grants for a project that should enable large-scale recycling of batteries used in electric vehicles.
It's clear to everyone that e-bikes are currently the dominant trend within the European bicycle market. But what is less obvious is what needs to be taken into account in the coming years with regard to where demand is moving for volume-wise. To find out more about this,
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eurostat import figures for the first half of 2019 clearly point out the effectiveness of the by mid-January 2019 instigated anti-dumping measures on e-bikes imported from China. They prove that the People's Republic is now more or less banned from the e-bike market of the EU.
The hot and rain-free super summer of 2018 made e-bike sales skyrocket across Europe. Here's an overview of what happened in most markets. Starting in the North shows that the markets of Sweden, Denmark and Finland are growing to maturity. Sweden even ranks now among the largest e-bike markets of Europe.
TAMPERE, Finland - Start-up Revonte integrated fully automatic and stepless transmission in its e-bike drive system, the Revonte One. The Finnish start-up was founded in 2018 with the goal of developing and manufacturing a drive system with an integrated continuously variable automatic drive.
It's probably the only segment in the European e-bike market that lagged behind. In particular when comparing its development with the rapidly increasing sales of regular e-bikes as well as e-MTBs. However, in the Netherlands there's now something remarkable taking place with speed pedelecs.
COLOGNE, Germany - The company is named igus and contrary to how it wants its name to be printed it is by no means a small company. Igus stems from Cologne, Germany and is a leader in bearings (made from metal to plastic) employing 3,500 people and operating in 97 countries including Taiwan.
BERLIN, Germany - E-bike system supplier Brose developed an all new line of displays to make operating an e-bike more intuitive and ergonomic. "The displays are designed to meet different riders' unique needs and fit perfectly in the existing Brose Drive product family," said Brose in a statement.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - After a year that showed a for many astonishing growth in e-bike sales in Europe, expectations are high on what 2019 will bring. The biggest bike maker in the world (money-wise), Giant Manufacturing Co, made clear statements about this during the Taipei Cycle Show held last month.
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.
