German start-up Swobbee has received another €6m in funding as it looks to expand its light electric vehicle battery swapping service in Europe. The firm has already attracted a number of high profile partners, including micro-mobility operators Tier and Spin, as well as delivery firms Hermes and DPD.Electric vehicle battery swapping has taken off enormously … Read more
If you’ve got a bike you’re fond of, but you want to add a bit of assistance to make the commute or leisure rides easier, then some kind of conversion kit is the way to go. We’ve previously tested the Swytch kit which uses a bar-mounted battery and a hub motor, and that’s pretty effective. … Read more
It’s currently illegal to ride a privately-owned e-scooter on public roads. You can however rent one long-term from share scheme operator Voi.E-scooter rental schemes are being run by a number of operators in towns and cities up and down the UK and this is currently the only way you can legally ride an e-scooter in … Read more
The Mayor of the West of England, Dan Norris, has threatened to call a halt to the region’s e-scooter trial unless operator Voi cuts its ties with Russian investors. The firm’s CEO, Fredrik Hjelm, will head to Bristol on Monday for what Norris promises will be “a candid and frank exchange” about the matter.Hjelm last … Read more
We’re not entirely sure what happened to the S4, but the VanMoof S5 is out, along with a new, smaller step-through e-bike, the A5, which will be available with multiple cargo carrying options.The VanMoof S5 is a refresh of the S3 that we reviewed – and very much liked – late last year.VanMoof S5 (Image … Read more
Not many e-cargo bikes are folders. Fewer still are photoluminescent. French firm Calendar Bikes is therefore exploring one of the less competitive niches with its Longtail Max.By their very nature, e-cargo bikes tend to be sizeable, robust things. The Longtail Max is no exception.What this means is you aren’t exactly going to be getting the … Read more
A lot of the bikes we cover here on ebiketips defy straightforward categorisation. Manufacturers frequently fit wider tyres and add suspension so that an ostensibly ‘urban’ e-bike can also be used on off-road trails. Italian brand Thok have delivered something similar in a different way with their new MIG-HT. Essentially a hardtail e-MTB, it is … Read more
Swytch Technology, manufacturers of perhaps the best-known e-bike conversion kit, are updating their product with a new “pocket sized” battery.We last reviewed the Swytch e-bike conversion kit in 2020 and you can see from the photos that the previous battery – which we mounted on the handlebars – was a chunky little thing, roughly the … Read more
Nuneaton based e-mobility firm Eskuta will this week launch its SX-250 series III. The vehicle may appear at first glance to be an electric moped, but with a pedal-assisted 250W motor and a maximum assisted speed of 15.5mph, it is in fact considered an electrically assisted pedal cycle (EAPC) and can therefore be ridden without … Read more
We have already reviewed the Afternoon 20″-wheeled folder from French company Eovolt. We now turn our attention to the largest model in the range, a 24″-wheeled compact model, the Eovolt Evening (there is also a 16″- wheeled model, the Morning, that we haven’t yet reviewed). Smooth design, novel battery Like the other two models in the range, … Read more
