PARIS, France - Are integrated drive systems, with the motor and gears in one housing, the future for e-bikes? The French automotive giant Valeo is convinced of this concept. Jérôme Mortal, Electrification Director at Valeo wants to start a revolution with this advanced driver assistance system (ADAS).
BERLIN, Germany - E-bike maker HNF Nicolai launched the new flagship model XF3 Adventure last September. What CMO Michael Hecken called the "Unimog of e-bikes - extremely off-road capable, unbreakable and timeless" carries the genes of a downhill machine and combines all terrain features with comfort components to serve a wide range of adventurers.
HYDERBAD, India - Tronx Motors, with its flagship cross-over smart e-bike, the 'tbike One Pro' has announced countrywide availability across 14 cities of its high ROI and cloud-connected bike. The e-bike has been specifically crafted to address the fast growing shared/B2B e-bike segment in India. Following success in the domestic market, the company is now eyeing up distribution in Europe.
GENT, Belgium - The take-over by supermarket owner Colruyt in 2019 saved the future of the Belgium bicycle retail chain Fiets!. A year earlier Fiets! already filed for chapter 11 and that was not without reason. According to a publication in Belgium newspaper De Tijd, Colruyt had to invest another €10 million in Fiets! to make it future proof.
EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - Shimano has introduced three new e-bike batteries into its Shimano Steps line-up including internal and external versions of its 630Wh largest capacity batteries for even longer rides.
PARIS, France - Angell, the bike project launched by Marc Simoncini and Jules Trecco in 2018, has partnered with household appliance manufacturer, Groupe SEB, in an exclusive arrangement. The group will be responsible for the industrial development and production of Angell smart bikes at its long-standing Is-sur-Tille plant in Burgundy, France. Groupe SEB is also supporting the project by acquiring a stake in Zebra, the company that produces and markets Angell, through its SEB Alliance investment vehicle.
REUTLINGEN, Germany - Bosch eBike Systems sees the corona crisis as a challenge for politicians to resolutely drive forward the long-discussed mobility turnaround. The German mid-motor drivetrain supplier calls for the expansion of urban bicycle infrastructure as the corona crisis made clear that, "bicycles and e-bikes play an increasingly important role in modern individual mobility."
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - Industry organizations BOVAG and RAI in the Netherlands expect a huge boost for the country's e-bike market in 2020 and the years after.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - 'Giant To Sell 600,000 E-Bikes This Year.' It was this report, published last October at Bike Europe's online platform, bike-eu.com, that triggered our desire to dig deeper into the basic question of how big is the biggest in e-bikes? Could that be Giant?
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan's e-bike industry is growing at lightning speed. Even in such pace that it prompted Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) chairman Michael Tseng to state "Taiwan's bicycle industry is entering a new era."
