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This parent category includes all stories related to any type of bicycle, cargo bikes, light electric vehicles, mobility assist, scooters, skateboards and all other devices or vehicles, e-powered or not. It does not include any fixed equipment, which will come under Infrastructure.
Huge Investment in New Products on Show at Eurobike 2024
Frankfurt, Germany Each year, Frankfurt, Germany hosts the world’s biggest bicycle and micromobility expo. With western Europe being so much more transport and utility focused than Australia, products that still have a small market here, such as e-cargo bikes, have huge markets in Europe, so take centre stage at Eurobike. This article is a customised…
Study Concludes That Quality Bikes Are Also Cheaper in the Long Run
Sixty five years ago the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) was founded as a not for profit consumer advocacy organisation. Shortly afterwards they founded Choice magazine which soon gained a huge subscription base and continues to this day. According to Wikipedia, the ACA had over 80 staff as of 2019. Choice does not accept any advertising…
Product News Briefs: Cake Crumbles While VanMoof Revives
Innovative Light Electric Vehicle Brand Cake Files for Bankruptcy Electric motorcycle startup Cake filed for bankruptcy February 1, Cake CEO Stefan Ytterborn has confirmed. We previously reported about some of Cake’s light electric vehicle products here and here.More recently, in October 2023 we announced here that Sydney-headquartered Deus Ex Machina had agreed to become the…
E-Bike Battery Forum Focuses on Fire Risks and Recycling
Adelaide, SA E-Bikes have transformed both the Australian and global bicycle industries in terms of making them larger and, at least potentially, more profitable than ever before. But two serious challenges are threatening to derail this growth. Of these, fire is the most acute right now. The second, battery recycling, is only just entering many…
You Can Now Use the First Micromobility Report Yearbook!
Assuming everything has run to plan in the final day after I write this article, then by the time our 15th December 2023 newsletter lands in your in-box, the 2024 Micromobility Report Yearbook will be live. You can go direct to the new Micromobility Report Yearbook via this link. This means that if you click…
Product Briefs: Swifty, Yamaha, Honda, Onewheel, Lotus & Shift Robotics
A UK e-scooter brand pioneering the use of Lithium Ferro Phosphate (LFP) battery technology has won a Best Start-up Award at last month’s Micromobility America 2023. Swifty’s new SwiftyGO G500 model is the first electric scooter to use a LFP battery, which has emerged as a safer alternative to existing Lithium Nickel Maganese Cobalt batteries…
Cyberbikes Chooses a Different Path
Leichhardt, NSW A Sydney e-bike designer and retailer developing his own two-wheel-drive, full-suspension electric bicycle has just opened a relatively small shop on one of the city’s busiest stretches of road. Cyberbikes founder and mechanical engineer Felipe Rodrigues has launched the brand’s first store on Parramatta Road, in the inner-city suburb of Leichhardt, where he…
CAKE Celebrates New Partnership with Deus Ex Machina
Sydney, NSW Cult motorcycle and lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina has become the Australian distributor for a much younger but equally chic company, CAKE, a Swedish manufacturer of premium lightweight electric mopeds and motorcycles. CAKE, whose range includes utilitarian mopeds for tradesmen, along with ultra-modern offroad motorcycles, declared the new partnership and strategic entry into…
BIKEBOX Distribution Boosts Mahle Availability
Palencia, Spain MAHLE SmartBike Systems has bolstered its technical customer service in Australia by partnering with Melbourne-based distributor BIKEBOX. The Spanish manufacturer, established in 2015, is a subsidiary of German automotive parts manufacturer Mahle Group and has quickly established a strong presence in the bicycle industry after releasing the lightest and most compact e-bike drive…
Aeroe Arrives in Australia Through BikeSportz Partnership
Dunedin, NZ NZ bike rack specialist aeroe has officially arrived in Australia, after partnering distributor BikeSportz Imports. The Dunedin-based company, established five years ago, is renowned for its patented Spider Rear Rack, a versatile system designed to fit on virtually any bicycle. The brand has won multiple Design & Innovation Awards, one of Europe’s premier…