A partnership between Croatian e-bike firm Greyp and local cryptocurrency payment processor PayCek means that the firm’s bikes can now can be purchased with nine different cryptocurrencies. The news comes after British e-bike and e-scooter specialists FuroSystems announced that customers could now buy using cryptocurrencies last month.Greyp recently unveiled several new additions to its G6 … Read more
Indian firm Ola Electric Mobility is aiming to build 15 per cent of the world’s electric mopeds by 2022. Its vast new factory opened this week near Bangalore and is set to become the largest all-female factory in the world, employing up to 10,000 women once at full capacity.In March, Ola announced that it was … Read more
Cube has a huge range of e-bikes, all using Bosch mid-drive motors. Rather than come out with any radical new designs, the Bavarian-based company usually prefers to evolve its range, taking on new Bosch motors as they come along and opting for incremental improvements on current model designs with the more occasional totally new model … Read more
Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, is to spend more than $13.5bn on battery development by 2030. The firm says it is on track to bring solid-state batteries to market by 2025.The FT reports that Toyota is the market leader when it comes to petrol-electric hybrid vehicles but wants to slash the cost of its batteries … Read more
Yamaha has introduced a new top-of-the-line mid-motor. The PW-X3 is not only smaller and lighter than its predecessor, but also delivers more torque. The PW-X3 delivers 85Nm of torque through a wide cadence range. This is 5Nm more than the PW-X2.Yamaha PW-X3 only (Image Credit: Yamaha) Yamaha PW-X3 only.jpg, by Yamaha The firm also says … Read more
Dutch bike subscription company Swapfiets, who recently launched in London, have introduced a new and cheaper e-bike to their line-up. The Power 1 is available for €49.90 per month – a price that includes repairs and insurance.There are a growing number of firms offering e-bikes on a subscription basis.In October of last year, Soundcloud’s founders … Read more
The immediate thought upon opening a package containing several thousand pounds’ worth of two-wheeled electric excitement certainly should be ‘nice bike’, and the same is true even if the nice bike in question only costs a single grand.The Pure Flux One, despite the silly name that conjures up a disease that once inconvenienced medieval peasants … Read more
When does an e-bike officially become a moped? E-bike legislation is a tricksy, knotty thing. BMW’s view is that the complexities are best addressed through the bike’s own software.BMW has coined the term ‘AMBY’ to mean “adaptive mobility” and announced two concept vehicles – the BMW i Vision AMBY and the BMW Motorrad Vision AMBY … Read more
