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Tiller Turning to Investors to Save Roadster Project
Fremantle, WA A WA-based premium e-bike developer, Tiller Rides, has opened the door for an investor or buyer to keep its program on track, after the company went into voluntary administration last month amid a series of adversities in the economic climate. Costly production delays caused by Covid restrictions, followed by a tightening financial market,…
$65 Price Tag as Revolve Starts Selling Repurposed Mobikes
Sydney, NSW Bicycle recycling enterprise Revolve ReCYCLING has begun selling the redeployed bikes it accessed from the failed Mobike and OnYaBike share bike services. The Sydney-based organisation in March gained approval to repurpose the estimated 1,000 to 1,300 bikes left in a warehouse, never used, when OnYahbike by Mobike went bankrupt late last year. Revolve…
Product Briefs: Mavic E-Bike Motor, Greater Bosch Security and More
Annecy, France French brand Mavic has unveiled its own superlight e-bike motor, the X-Tend, as the company searches for a partner to help take the motor to production. The X-Tend’s release prompted recollections of another electronic innovation by Mavic, when it led the shift to electronic derailleurs with the launch of its Zap system in…
Expanding Workshop to Examine Growing Last-Mile Challenges
Sydney, NSW Effective regulation of the thriving last-mile delivery sector in Australian cities will come under the microscope when the University of Sydney hosts a free workshop, Micro-freight: Sustainable (or not) Last-Mile Delivery Solutions, later this month. What was expected to be a relatively small gathering of industry, government and academic delegates has grown into…
New BIA Sustainability Committee to Assess Industry’s Performance
Melbourne, Victoria Bicycle businesses throughout Australia will soon be consulted on their recycling practices, to determine current levels of resource reuse in the industry, after a new Bicycle Industries Australia Sustainability Committee convened for the first time last week. BIA general manager Peter Bourke said the committee’s initial tasks will include quantifying existing recycling habits…
Arterial Melbourne Cycleway to be Permanent
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne’s Yarra City Council has resolved to retain, and make permanent, its protected bike lanes along Elizabeth Street, following the completion of a trial introduced in July 2020. The lane was originally intended as a 12-month trial and, in late 2021, was extended for another 12 months after the council considered community feedback.…
Large Incentives Targetting Low-Income Households Bring Best Results
Canberra, ACT Incentive programs to promote e-bike purchases should consider eligibility criteria that target assistance for lower income residents, and often need to be a significant sum to achieve broad behavioural changes, according to a US academic specialising in e-bike incentive schemes. Speaking at a We Ride Australia webinar last month, graduate research assistant Cameron…
What Does Australia’s Bike Industry Future Look Like?
This article originally run in our sister publication, The Latz Report, late last month. While the report is focused on the Australian bicycle industry, the level of response from members of the broader micromobility sector persuaded us to reproduce the article in the Micromobility Report. As we all know, Australia’s bike industry went through an…
Impressions of Auckland – What Can Australian Cities Learn?
Auckland, New Zealand Here at the Micromobility Report, we like to report extensively about what is happening in New Zealand. This is not only because our target audience is both Australia and NZ but because in many ways, NZ has been more progressive than Australia when it comes to various forms of micromobility regulation and…
E-Scooters Legalised in Victoria and Share Trial Extended
Melbourne, Victoria Victoria is the latest state to legalise privately owned e-scooters, the Victorian government announced last week. Meanwhile the scooter share scheme trial is being extended by a further six months. The extension took effect from Wednesday and will enable e-scooter share schemes to operate throughout the State, subject to establishing an agreement with…