Messingschlager supports OEM customers in bringing their own e‐bike models to market maturity in a maximum of 12 months based on eight Messingschlager e‐bike concepts.

Valeo and Revonte are busy developing integrated drive systems, where motor and 'gear' are housed in one unit. Are Bosch and Shimano, the market leaders in e-bike drive support, also working on an integrated system? And where has Conti's integrated system gone?

KNOXVILLE, US - LeMond Bicycles has showcased the first production model photos of its lightweight Prolog e-bike. Designed for everyday use, the carbon fibre e-bike with integrated features is one of two models being launched by the US bike brand. It will begin shipping in February 2021.

A few weeks after its launch on the market in May 2020, K2 MAX seemed to win over many Italians as the entire annual availability was sold. With easy climbing and enjoyable riding, K2 MAX is the first 20" folding FAT bike with a powerful FIVE F90 central motor.

FRANKFURT a.M, Germany - Europe's biggest conference and exhibition for battery technology has again announced new dates for the annual Battery Experts Forum. Initially planned for last spring, it was subsequently moved to autumn due to the pandemic and now to April 2021.

MILAN, Italy - Both assembly and sales of e-bikes are on the rise in Italy. The production of e-bikes last year strongly expanded by 209% to 213,000 units. Domestic production of regular bicycles also increased by 7% to 2,625,000 units. The Italians have really embraced the advantages of the e-bike as nationwide sales went up from 173,000 units in 2018 to 195,000 last year.

WÖRGL, Austria - While the e-bike market enjoys an unprecedented sales boom, the Austrian e-drive supplier Vivax has ceased its operation. "We are forced to take this step and stop selling and accepting the service immediately," the company published on its website.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - A group of European researchers have developed rechargeable graphene batteries that out-perform other graphene-based cathodes in terms of recharging efficiency. This could be an encouraging step forward for the sustainable developments of e-bikes.

HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands - In technology, performance improvements are what's commonly expected. The amount of time and money put into developing such enhanced technologies obviously depends on the stakes. A good example is Integrated Circuits (IC's), which have seen dramatic improvements over time. While physical limits are in sight now for IC's - after many decades - battery technology is in a much earlier stage of development. It raises the question what's to be expected in battery technology?

LONDON, UK - It has just been announced that Evans Cycles will be a headline sponsor of the London e-Bike Festival which will take place at London's Battersea Evolution from 2nd to 3rd May. The Festival will now be known as Evans Cycles London e-Bike Festival powered by Shimano Steps.

SANTA CRUZ, USA - It says everything about the rapidly increasing popularity (and worldwide sales) of e-MTBs; the fact that even Santa Cruz now sells this type of Mountainbikes.

HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands - The Solar Bicycle Parking Facility is a new development of ECOpro Technology BV, a Dutch manufacturer of prefab construction systems and specialist in solar roofs. "The applications of solar panels in combination with e-bikes are versatile," says ECOpro Technology MD James Post.

BAD SODEN, Germany - In the past ten years, the German e-bike industry developed a successful system to collect waste e-bike batteries.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The transformation of the Taiwanese industry from producing traditional bicycles and the appropriate components to e-bikes is in full swing.

Today, Continental Bicycle Systems GmbH & Co KG is informing its customers that it is pulling out of the e-bike market. Yesterday, the company announced this decision to its staff of about 100 employees. While for the time being final engineering work on the company's new 48V

HUKOU, Taiwan - At this year's Eurobike one of the big names for batteries presented itself. The multi-billion Simplo Tech Group (SMP), headquartered in Taiwan, debuted at the Friedrichshafen show.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - NECO celebrated a milestone earlier this month at Eurobike. A milestone similar to some ten years ago when the Taichung, Taiwan based company that operates three factories in China, diversified its offering from headsets and bottom bracket components to pedals, hubs and chainwheels.

BAD SODEN, Germany - Was it due to the coming into force of the anti-dumping tariffs on the import of e-bikes from China mid-January 2019, that supply shortages are hampering e-bike sales in Germany? At least, that was our conclusion after seeing the latest data of Germany's industry association, ZIV.

EDINBURGH, UK - Start-up Intra Drive Ltd with its 8-speed mid-motor has been nominated for an Eurobike Innovation Award. The Scottish company, which will be at next week's trade show, is now seeking an established commercial partner to progress the product from working prototype to volume production under license.

BERLIN, Germany - At the beginning of August, Berlin-based start-up GreenPack Mobile Energy Solutions GmbH started series production of its innovative battery exchange stations for light electric vehicles (LEVs).