Cargo Bikes
This category includes both cargo bicycles and tricycles, trishaws and pedicabs, both e-power assisted and non-power assisted. It includes cargo bikes used to move any object including people, shopping and freight, both for personal use and commercial use.
New School Year Brings Big Shift to e-Cargo Bikes
Melbourne, Victoria Victoria’s cargo bike community is making a mass migration to motor assistance if the experience of Melbourne store Cargocycles is any indication. In recent weeks, the Brunswick East store has averaged three enquiries a week from conventional cargo bike owners looking to make the switch to e-cargo bikes. One in three of those…
UK’s Cargo Bike Boom – Will Australia Follow?
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Shimano Launches First e-Cargo Specific Drive Units
Osaka, Japan On 27 April Shimano announced the launch of two new e-Cargo drive unit models, advancing its position in the e-Bike market. The EP8 and E6100 cargo-specific drive units come with built-in features designed for powering heavy loads. The two models, which previously existed for other bicycle types, will now come in specific cargo variations known as…
European Cargo Bike Sales Growing at Over 50% Per Year
Results of a comprehensive European Union funded survey into the cargo bike industry’s sales suggest that sales across Europe are likely to increase by just over 50% this year. The ‘CityChangerCargoBike’ project undertook the inaugural study of 38 brands operating in the sector who provided anonymised data. Here is a summary of European cargo bike…
Heavy Duty Cargo Trailers Coming to Australia
Melbourne based Dutch Cargo Bike will distribute Carla Cargo’s heavy-duty cargo trailers to commercial customers. Based in Germany, Carla Cargo was founded in 2018 and is now exporting its trailers across the UK, Europe and USA. The trailers have their own electric drive system and can handle loads of 150kg in trailer mode and 200kg…
EcoCaddy Creates New Markets
Adelaide / SA EcoCaddy is certainly not a traditional bicycle business. But at merely four years old, this company will be employing up to 60 people this summer, pedalling their unique machines. EcoCaddy was founded by Adelaide resident Daniels Langeberg, in total contrast to the career that he’d planned for himself. “I come from an…