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“We believe e-bike brands and sellers of lithium-ion batteries testing, certifying, and labeling their products as complying with UL 2849 and UL 2271 will help the US market,” says Heather Mason of the NBDA. - Photo Bike Europe

E-bike fires unites US Congress in vote for battery safety legislation

WASHINGTON, USA - The number of e-bike battery related fires in the city of New York has resulted in bipartisan support in Congress for legislation...

It turns out that breaking frames were not incidents, but happening rather frequently at Babboe – Photo Accell Group

Babboe facing potential prosecution for selling defective cargo bikes

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - A newly released report is causing a stir at Dutch cargo bike manufacturer Babboe, owned by Accell Group. The existing...

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has instructed Babboe to immediately cease distributing all their cargo bikes. – Photo Babboe

Accell Group suspends Babboe cargo bike sales as quality issues...

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Babboe will stop selling its cargo bikes until further notice. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety...

“The fact that chargers were still for sale reinforces the need for urgent changes to the law, strict enforcement and penalties,” says UK consumer safety charity, Electrical Safety First. – Photo Wish.com

Regulation required to ban unsafe e-bike battery chargers and...

LONDON, UK - Quality issues with e-bike battery chargers have caused reasons for concern in the UK but also in EU countries. One of the largest...

Participation is open to all companies and several companies from the bicycle industry are already part of the initiative. – Photo Bosch eBike Systems

Bosche eBike Systems CEO explains Coalition for Cyclist Safety

REUTLINGEN, Germany - 19 leading innovators in the automotive, cycling and technology industries have founded the 'Coalition for Cyclist Safety'...

The demonstration took place at the SECUR in France at the end of March. – Photo Autotalks

Bosch partners with Autotalks for e-bike to car protection technology

PARIS, France - To introduce V2X-enabled cyclists’ protection technology Autotalks, Volkswagen, Bosch and Commsignia demonstrated how V2X can prevent...

How to design much safer e-bike batteries, at little extra-cost?

How to design much safer e-bike batteries, at little extra-cost?

ZEIST, the Netherlands – After a lifelong career in power electronics research, of which the past 11 years in e-bike batteries, James Post came to...

In a series of reports the problems and solutions on making batteries safe will be addressed. – Photo Shutterstock

Battery and e-bike systems update: 5 hot industry problems and...

ZEIST, the Netherlands - The provisional agreement on the overhaul of the EU battery regulations is an important step to provide more clarity for the...

In the past 11 months 208 micromobility fire or overheating incidents have been reported in the US. – Photo Bike Europe

US authorities calls on e-bike manufacturers to comply with safety...

WASHINGTON, United States - In an open letter to more than 2,000 e-bike, e-scooter, hoverboard and e-unicycle manufacturers and importers, the US...

Marcel Wilke: "We develop everything in-house – hardware, software and even most of the testing and inspection equipment come from us."

Marcel Wilke (Akku Vision): 'E-bike battery safety is key'

A key element for the success of German company, Akku Vision, a leading e-bike battery producer, is the high standards maintained when it comes to...