As we say in our guide to the best e-cargo bikes, they’re great if you need to carry a passenger. We hadn’t envisaged this particular scenario though. Isabelle Plumereau’s ‘Corbicyclette’ is an e-cargo hearse. (Corbillard is French for hearse.)Euronews reports that Plumereau runs a small Parisian funeral home called Le Ciel et La Terre and … Read more
The best electric mountain bikes under £2,000 represent excellent starter bikes for those who want power assistance on the trails. As with all cheaper electric bikes, there will be some compromises made by the manufacturers so they can hit that price point. You’ll likely find some hub motors and lower end suspension components on these … Read more
E-scooter and e-bike share scheme operator Voi has severed ties with two Russian shareholders. The Mayor of the West of England, Dan Norris, expressed relief at the outcome, having invited the firm’s CEO to explain the situation face to face in Bristol earlier in the year.Back in March, Voi CEO Fredrik Hjelm posted an open … Read more
Bosch eBike Systems has added a new navigation function to its Kiox 300 display, bringing improvements to the way instructions are displayed as well as integration with the popular cycle routing app, Komoot. The update can be downloaded free of charge via Bosch’s eBike Flow app.The headline change sees the Kiox navigation display automatically realigned … Read more
An electric version of the Hummer was introduced in October 2020. There’s now also an e-bike with the Hummer name. In keeping with the all-terrain theme, it’s a fat tyred behemoth with twin 750W hub motors.The Hummer e-bike isn’t actually made by General Motors Corporation (GMC), but by a firm called Recon Power Bikes under … Read more
The best electric bikes under £1,000 represent better value now than a few years back, but you will still have to accept some trade-offs at this price point. If you think your budget could stretch a little more, or you’re not entirely sure what kind of e-bike you are after, read our overall guide to … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have extended London’s trial of rental e-scooters until May 2024. The news comes as one of the capital’s three operators, Lime, announced a £6.3m expansion of its services with a call for some of the city’s car parking spaces to be given over to micromobility.London’s e-scooter trials began … Read more
A recent study published in Nature, looking at Atlanta’s unexpected ban on the use of e-scooters during evening hours, has found that the move resulted in an increase in car travel times of 9–11% for daily commuting and as much as 37% for large events.On August 9, 2019, Atlanta banned the use of e-scooters and … Read more
Earlier this year, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha announced the formation of Gachaco, a company through which the four firms would standardise swappable electric batteries for light electric vehicles (LEVs). Gachaco has now begun sales of battery swapping stations in Japan.The premise of battery swapping is straightforward. Rather than stopping and waiting around while their … Read more
