MILAN, Italy - The 76st EICMA will open its doors in Milan next Thursday. Once again the show will include a dedicated e-bike area. Polini, one of the well-known Italian brand names in the motorcycles and scooter industry, will present a remarkable 1,000 Wh dual battery system.

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - Sachsenring Bike Manufaktur GmbH and the Swiss premium e-bike manufacturer Stromer AG announced a long-term partnership last week. Stromer's ST3 and ST5 for distribution on the European and the US market, will be assembled in Sangerhausen in the future.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In Belgium and in Holland promotion projects are being started in order "To optimize the potential of the speed pedelec for commuting." Such projects are needed because sales of this e-bike category is indeed rising

BAD SODEN, Germany - In an unusual public statement, the German industry association ZIV (Zweirad Industrie Verband) strongly advises against resorting to repair offers for e-bike batteries that cannot prove to have passd UN tests as well as against the manipulation of batteries and against the use of such

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The latest Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) statistics show a major improvement of the country's bicycle and e-bike industry's performance. According to the TBA e-bike exports increased 44.9 percent to 155,910 units between January and July this year.

AGUEDA, Portugal - At the Eurobike show, held earlier this month, Fritz Jou said that the production at his new bicycle production facility in Portugal has started. This is earlier than expected. However, the facility is not yet fully operational as brand new equipment is still being installed.

Now e-bike sales have seriously picked up in Italy, Italwin and Wayel e-bike manufacturer Five invested in the in-house production of batteries. For next year Five expects to assemble all the batteries for their e-bikes themselves in Italy.

BERLIN, Germany - Brose is expanding its range of drive systems with the new Drive S Mag; an e-MTB drive with magnesium housing. The Drive S Mag is the fourth member of the product family Brose Drive and will be presented at Eurobike.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Are the first signs appearing of what could become a large-scale transition? Will Taiwan take-over China's role as Europe's

Danish startup Kvaern has developed a solar power pack for e-bikes. The power pack named 'Kvaern+' is a stationary battery pack that is charged from solar

CONEBI has announced to immediately start discussions with the European Parliament and Council on the detrimental impact of the e-bike insurance

HANOVER, Germany - Cargo bikes made by Bikelecing (BKL) and fitted with Continental's 48V eBike system are to make delivery processes

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Merida's strategy to strengthen its market position in Europe by expanding its e-bike range is starting to pay off.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The e-bike market is expected to get a new boost now UCI member, the European Cycling Union (UEC) decided to create

PLODIV, Bulgaria - Leader 96 presented its new Jaguar branded e-bike range at the Velofollies show in Belgian Kortrijk last month.

NEW DEHLI, India - Currently India's e-bike and e-scooter markets is still in its infancy. But that has to change quickly as pollution levels

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - n the future the Netherlands based e-bike manufacturer Keola will expand its dealer network & production capacity within and

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The latest developments in the dumping case on e-bikes imported from China refer to Bafang; China's biggest

PARIS, France - Yesterday the second generation of Paris' self-service bicycle rental system, the Vélib' Métropole was presented in the French capital.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Europe's biggest e-bike market will grow this year by over 12%. Total sales will end at  700,000 units over 2017.