Posts Tagged ‘e-bikes’
Specialized Ready For Active Promotion at Micromobility Conference and Expo
Randwick, NSW Specialized’s large-scale expansion into the urban bike market will be on full display when Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse hosts the inaugural Micromobility Conference and Expo on 25th and 26th November. The company has confirmed it will be exhibiting at the expo, with a particular emphasis on its commuter bikes and e-bike models. Specialized Product…
North American Share Service Update Reports Rocketing E-Bike Trips
Maine, US Shared e-bike trips almost doubled in number in North America from 2020 to 2021, as share services through the continent bounced back to above pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Share Micromobility State of the Industry Report. Highlights in the third annual report, produced by the North American Bikeshare Association, included a jump…
TQ Creates a Much Smaller, Lighter, Quieter E-Bike Drive System
Frankfurt, Germany It’s a sign of how attractive the bicycle industry has become to outside players when a world leading company which already has 1,700 specialists working in robotics, aerospace and rocket science decides to invest heavily into developing new bicycle components. Not only that, it then works secretly for four long years with one…
Hybrid Series Ruling Clears Path For Greater Innovation
Brussels, Belgium A European Commission ruling classifying Series Hybrid e-bikes as bicycles has opened the door for further technological development, according to a peak European body for electric vehicles. The Light Electric Vehicle Association of Europe (LEVA-EU) has been campaigning the commission for nearly five years to have series hybrids (e-bikes without a physical chain)…
Velosure – Boosted Coverage for eBikes
– Sponsored Content – It may come as a surprise, but many home and contents insurance policies won’t cover the theft of an e-bike as they would a regular bicycle. Many cycling-specific policies won’t cover e-bikes either. Ebike popularity is booming but this situation means there’s a rapidly growing group of bike owners who can’t…
Productivity Commission Calls for Consideration of Higher e-Bike Speeds
Sydney, NSW A NSW Productivity Commission report has advocated a review of e-bike speeds, current power limits for cargo bikes and the State’s ban on electric scooters, saying relaxing these regulations could bring substantial benefits. The Regulating Emerging Technologies report, released in November, focuses on personal mobility devices, e-bikes and drones, and says they “have the…
