TOKYO-SHINJUKU, Japan - Nine years ago, a local event in the vibrant Tokyo district of Shinjuku started out as a bicycle festival for end-consumers. Over the years it blossomed into a pure B2B event for urban e-mobility. This year's Bicycle-E Mobility City Expo, which ran from 5 to 6 June, also featured two heavyweights from the domestic automotive industry as exhibitors for the first time.

MINATO, Japan - As an automotive giant, Honda Motor is not known as the most advanced company in the market for electric mobility. It is striking to see the absence of any vision in the design of the product, while the company is focused on 'future mobility'. Honda's entrance on the e-bike market was not very striking.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - At the initiative of France, a voluntary standard will provide safety requirements for personal light electric vehicles (PLEV) in 2016. A framework dealing with their use will also be developed for these new modes of urban mobility; the Segway likes.

TANNA, Germany - The bicycle industry took an active role when EN 15194 for e-bikes was developed. But so far only the motorcycle Industry took part in ...

TANNA, Germany - The electric two wheeler market is growing fast. But the most relevant international standardization process by ISO/IEC/TC69/JPT61851-3 ...

ORONO, USA - When e-bikes first really emerged in the US market in the 1990's, there were a handful of generic models available for sale. Merida, ...