Ukrainian startup Delfast – manufacturers of the 200-mile range Top 3.0 e-bike – have crowdfunded €2.8m to fund a new R&D facility and to streamline production.Delfast actually started out as an eco-friendly one-hour delivery service in 2014. However, dissatisfied with the range on offer from the e-bikes on the market at the time, they developed … Read more
Mexican firm, Mastretta Bikes, has released a series of e-cargo trikes which incorporate a leaning mechanism and suspension into the front end. The MX3 e-cargo bikes are said to provide a ride that feels more like a two-wheeled e-bike but with the added stability provided by a third wheel.Mastretta launched its tilting MX3 trike a … Read more
A British firm has launched a new portable Bluetooth speaker that makes use of repurposed batteries from Lime e-bikes and is made out of old plastic bags. Lime says that the Gomi speaker is the first time old e-bike and scooter batteries have been used for a new consumer product.While recycling can divert a proportion … Read more
Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Zosen says it has developed a solid-state battery with a capacity of 1,000 milliamp hours (mAh). The battery can operate in temperatures from -40 degrees to 100 degrees which will allow it to be tested on equipment at the International Space Station later this year.Speaking earlier this year, the co-inventor of the … Read more
Small, relatively lightweight single speed folders with a small hub motor seem to be all the rage at the minute. We’ve recently tested the 2021 MiRider and the FLIT-16 and now comes the Perry eHopper.Although not the whole story, weight and folded size are big considerations for most buyers of electric folders so lets cut … Read more
Brompton has issued a recall notice on e-bikes manufactured between May 2020 and February 2021, or which had firmware updates during that period. The firm says that under certain conditions, it is possible a bike’s motor will continue even when the rider stops pedalling – although they emphasise that there has so far been only … Read more
Medication delivery times to Oxford NHS sites have been halved by switching to e-cargo bikes. Local firm Pedal and Post have delivered more than 25,000 products from the Oxford site of medical supplier Baxter Healthcare since the first delivery was made at the start of August 2020 resulting in a huge improvement to delivery times … Read more
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Farr Out Deliveries are an Edinburgh-based, worker-owned, e-cargo bike delivery service. They were founded in early 2020 during the first coronavirus lockdown.Farr Out – “Edinburgh’s raddest cargo bike courier outfit” – was founded by former bike builder, David Squire and festival/events producer, Alex Fitzhowle, together with lighting designer, Fraser Martin, who has since moved on … Read more
An 11pm shut-off time has been imposed on the e-scooters being trialled in Newcastle after five men were charged with drink driving last week. Operator Neuron says there has been a “significant drop in the number of reported incidents” since the curfew was imposed.The first 250 Neuron scooters were made available for use on Tuesday … Read more
