The influx of new concepts and ideas in the rapidly expanding bicycle and e-bike industry leads to market entry by less experienced company founders. "They don't have the business expertise, don't know business fundamentals when it comes to the legal set-up of an entity, marketing and pricing, let alone funding," said Zoe Rose Maddox of the Arkansas Global Cycling Accelerator. "We target the group that is ready to scale and fine-tune their operation."

Bolt has expanded its shared micromobility fleet with the introduction of its first entirely in-house e-bike. With their design vision, Bolt aimed to reset expectations of what shared cycling can offer riders and cities. The scale and integration of various smart technologies make this a statement product for the future of e-bike developments.

Technological advancements, in combination with artificial intelligence (AI), are accelerating the market entry of companies offering safety products to collect rider information. Irish Luna Systems, which developed an on-bike camera and warning system, is one of them. "Customers are already buying this kind of technology — which improves safety but also collects data — in automobiles," says Andrew Fleury, CEO of Luna Systems. "In cycling, these kinds of products are just not offered enough to them, except for the enthusiast's road market."

The next major leap for e-bikes won't come from motors or frames alone, but from smart technologies already well established in adjacent industries. That became clear last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where AI and automotive platforms dominated and robots roamed the aisles. Yet beneath that familiar surface, the show carried a message that is of profound importance to micromobility.

As Portugal's AM2R programme nears completion at the end of 2025, the country's two-wheel industry stands transformed. Launched with the backing of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Plan, the project managed to unite 47 companies and institutional partners under the coordination of ABIMOTA, Portugal's national two-wheeler association.

AUTORQ is reinforcing its position as a specialist in torque sensing technology for e-bikes. With targeted updates to its cityTORQ and duraTORQ lines, expanded production capabilities, and steady progress on its hubTORQ concept, the company continues to deliver on its core values: precision, reliability, and close alignment with the needs of e-bike brands worldwide.