Podbike Starts Deliveries to Customers

By Scott Green | 1st March 2023 |
Podbike team stand at Eurobike 2022 with the light electric vehicle

Stavanger, Norway Norway’s Podbike has finally started delivering its Frikar light electric vehicle to customers, eight years after cofounder Per Hassel Sørensen embarked on a journey to build a better bike. “After all the stops and starts, engineering challenges, a global pandemic, a shortage of computer chips, and a painful trimming of staff last year…

Hybrid Series Ruling Clears Path For Greater Innovation

By Scott Green | 3rd March 2022 |
The Mando had pedal cranks attached to a fully enclosed alternator, sending the human-generated energy from the pedals straight to a motor located in the hub of the rear wheel.

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)…

Podbike Scales Up Ahead of Frikar Launch

By Scott Green | 3rd February 2022 |
The Frikar is another innovation blurring the lines between e-bike and small electric cars.

Stavanger, Norway Norwegian manufacturer Podbike is restructuring its management team as it steps up its operation and prepares for the release of its Frikar four-wheeled electric vehicle this year. Podbike has promoted its Chief Operations Officer, Åge Højmark, to the role of new CEO, as the company “transitions from start-up to early growth phase”, with…