The firm running a public e-scooter share trial in Colchester is investigating after one of its vehicles was put up for sale on Facebook Marketplace for £40.Trials of rented e-scooters covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy are taking place in a number of towns and cities around the UK after the government lifted a … Read more
It’s hard to make a really good e-bike for £1,000, and the issues and extra costs associated with both Brexit and the ongoing pandemic have pushed prices of many products up, including bikes. These days £1,200 is the new £1,000, so has Apache managed to make a good e-bike for £1,199 with the Apache Wakita? … Read more
US e-bike firm Kent Bicycles has become the latest manufacturer to release an e-bike aimed at children. The Kent Torpedo is on sale for $498 in Walmart.It’s safe to say that not everyone’s entirely on board with the idea of children’s e-bikes. However, here in the UK (where legally you need to be over 14 … Read more
E-Trends is a UK-based company that has just introduced a third e-bike model into its range, the Trekker. It also has the folding Fly and the City model, and we found the latter rather heavy with a very poor rear brake.The Trekker looks much lighter and sleeker and has a frame-integrated battery and dipped top tube … Read more
Dutch bike manufacturer Gazelle is getting in on the e-cargo bike action with the release of the Makki, a Long John style bike that has been designed with the input of parents and children.Tweewieler reports that Gazelle spent time with various families in Amsterdam and Eindhoven who already use a cargo bike to develop the … Read more
Endura has launched a new high protection helmet geared towards speed pedelec riders. The new helmet is designed to meet higher safety standards for impact protection and head coverage for those using e-bikes with a maximum speed of 28mph (45kph).Speed pedelecs – or S-pedelecs – are legally classed as mopeds in the UK. This means … Read more
Bolt is to roll out 10,000 e-scooters in Ireland as the government moves to legalise the use of ‘Powered Personal Transporters’ (PPT) in public places. E-scooters have been illegal in Ireland, but Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, recently proposed the creation of a new vehicle category to cover them.PPTs will be treated much like … Read more
French e-bike firm, Moustache, has released what it colourfully-and-clunkily describes as, “a big brother endowed with two Bosch batteries.” The Friday 27 FS Speed is a speed pedelec that is available in single or double battery versions.The first thing to highlight here is that speed pedelecs – or S-pedelecs – are 45km/h e-bikes. They’re legally … Read more
A new start-up is looking to construct a network of battery-swap stations so that electric vehicle (EV) owners are no longer affected by slow charge times. Ample are envisaging an automated system where “Lego-like” modular batteries can be swapped in and out of all sorts of different vehicles.The Driven reports that Ample has been working … Read more
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Last week we had a word with Edinburgh-based, worker-owned, e-cargo bike delivery service Farr Out Deliveries, who were founded during the first coronavirus lockdown. It’s now been announced that green logistics firm Zedify is to open an Edinburgh delivery hub, having received £50,000 in funding.Zedify is a UK network of 10 urban delivery hubs, the … Read more
