New York electric moped rental firm, Revel, has now launched a monthly subscription service for e-bikes. Coast by Revel will cost $99 per month, for which users will get the use of an e-bike, charger and lock, plus a repairs and maintenance service.The Verge reports that Revel launched an electric scooter share scheme in New … Read more
Swedish electric motorbike manufacturer Cake has teamed up with the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) near Kruger National Park to produce the Kalk AP – an anti-poaching electric motorbike. Motorbikes are considered the best way of patrolling areas suffering widespread poaching and, crucially, an electric bike doesn’t prematurely warn poachers of the rangers’ presence. Areas … Read more
“Ever-increasing demand” for e-bikes seems to be helping the industry recover rapidly from the impact of Covid-19, according to a new report. The European Mobility Atlas 2021 also says that government efforts to promote cycling in the wake of the pandemic should ensure recent strong growth continues.Published by the German Green Party-affiliated Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, the European … Read more
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An 80-year-old man who distributes newspapers in the village of Headcorn in Kent says he has been given a ‘new lease of life’ thanks to an e-bike. George Bailey previously worked as a stockbroker and on a local golf course, but has been doing his 2.5-mile paper round for the last 15 years.Bailey gets up … Read more
Cowboy has added a new air quality navigation feature to its e-bike app which allows users to steer clear of more polluted areas. The software taps into data from the marvellously-named BreezoMeter, which claims accuracy down to a five-metre area.When the Cowboy 3 was launched last year, the associated app was updated with four new … Read more
Ford’s micromobility subsidiary, Spin, has launched a three-wheeled scooter that can be remotely operated and manoeuvred out of the way when it has been parked inconsiderately. A pilot share scheme featuring the new technology will be run in Boise, Idaho this spring.Making use of front- and rear-facing cameras, the Spin Valet platform relies on software … Read more
Halfords has unveiled its first own-brand e-scooter. The Carrera Impel will go on sale on February 16 with the firm using its launch as an opportunity to renew its call for public use of privately-owned e-scooters to be legalised.While trials of rented scooters covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy are currently taking place in … Read more
Seattle-based e-bike firm, Rad Power Bikes, has raised $150m and is now looking to expand its operations and ‘blur the lines’ between e-bikes and other forms of transport.With claims to be the US’s largest e-bike brand, Rad Power has produced several models which have impressed us in recent times. The Radrunner is a fun and … Read more
Micromobility operator, Lime, has joined forces with the Pedal Me e-cargo bike service to offer free rides to and from Covid-19 vaccination appointments. The Ride to Recovery initiative will see users given a code so they can get four free rides to and from all of their jab appointments.Over 40 per cent of London households … Read more
This irreverent short film advertising Trek e-bikes produced by IFHT Films is strikingly broad. It’s more advocacy for e-bikes in general than Trek bikes specifically (to the extent that it could easily pass you by that it’s a Trek ad on first viewing). It’s also pretty funny.It tells the story of some random family man … Read more
