中國，佛山市－家電巨頭Midea Group成功買下電動自行車馬達製造商Motinova。Midea Group在1968年成立，是美國知名財經雜誌《財星》（Fortune）公佈的全球500大企業之一。Midea近期宣佈投資110億人民幣（15.6億歐元）設立為電動車輛生產零件的新業務。收購Motinova便是計劃的一部分。

ZEIST, The Netherlands - The April edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 2/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. Read about the French governments' plans to redevelop the bicycle industry and how Taiwan's industry is facing post-pandemic challenges.

SIRNACH, Switzerland - Increasing competition for domestic manufacturing and established specialist dealers has prompted two Swiss producers Komenda and Tour de Suisse Rad to join forces. The aim is to strengthen the local industry under the label 'Schweizer Velo'.

KETCHUM, USA - CrankTank co-founder and president Scott Montgomery is one of the first speakers to be announced for the Eurobike Academy this summer in Frankfurt, Germany. Eurobike is building a extensive side program with multiple conferences, before and during the trade show.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A new independent scientific report on the impact that light electric vehicles (LEVs) can have in the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions will be presented on 24th March. The report, commissioned by trade association LEVA-EU, will be presented during the hybrid Future is Electric and Light event which will be held in Brussels and digitally.

荷蘭，海倫芬（HEERENVEEN）－Accell Group執行長Ton Anbeek在公佈年度業績時表示：「雖然去年各類展品在各區銷售表現都不錯，但我們無法忽視現在所面對的變數以及這些變數會帶來的影響。」該公司去年淨銷售成長6%，達13.77億歐元。

日本，大阪（OSAKA）－日本工廠產能提高加上自行車市場熱絡，Shimano去年營收和利潤雙雙創下紀錄。該公司也提出對於2022年的經濟展望以及電動零件短缺對產業可能造成影響。

荷蘭，阿納姆（ARNHEM）－Specialized已開始在網路直接販售自行車／電動自行車給消費者。雖然這是早就猜到的，但為何該美國品牌現在決定推出這項服務？本社訪問了Specialized Europe發言人Koos de Boer。

荷蘭，海倫芬（HEERENVEEN）－由美國投資公司Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP（KKR）領頭的財團向Accell Group所有已發行及流通普通股提出公開報價，總金額為15.6億歐元。

瑞典，斯德哥爾摩（STOCKHOLM）－瑞典電池開發製造商Northvolt在歐洲歷史寫下新篇章，他們完成第一個在超級工廠設計、開發到組裝的電池。這是否成為歐洲電動自行車產業的突破？