Ride On has been announced as the firm that will run Leicester’s new e-bike hire scheme. With 500 electric bikes available to hire from 50 locations across the city centre, Santander Cycles Leicester will be the largest docked hire scheme in the UK.Ride On started out providing e-bike sharing schemes in Spain, but has since … Read more
Two months after raising £1.8m and weeks after removing all its bikes from service following a customer “accident”, bike-share start-up HumanForest is now launching a £1m crowdfunding campaign.Founded by Agustín Guilisasti – formerly of Cabify, who manage rideshare schemes in Spain, Brazil and elsewhere – HumanForest bills itself as “London’s only truly sustainable electric city … Read more
The Big Issue is to launch a dockless e-bike hire scheme. The joint venture with Norwegian firm, ShareBike, will be rolled out across the UK from next year.The project has arisen from The Big Issue’s Ride Out Recession Alliance – a bid to prevent a wave of poverty resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.Big Issue-branded e-bikes … Read more
The Dutch government is funding a project that will see e-bike motors cut in built-up areas. The technology has already been trialled and new regulations could be rolled out by 2022.The Guardian reports that the not-for-profit Townmaking Institute is behind the concept.“The whole narrative is about moving individuals from a self-centric mode,” explained Indranil Bhattacharya, … Read more
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The Tern GSD is one of our favourite all-purpose bikes here at ebiketips, and it’s even more useful now with the launch of a couple of new accessories that combine with existing add-ons to create a fully waterproof space at the back for kids and cargo.The revamped GSD is designed with running decks built in … Read more
The London Borough of Hounslow has launched a trial e-cargo bike delivery service in partnership with Sustrans. Initially focused on the Chiswick area, and delivering within a 2.5-mile radius, it will be a completely free service during the trial period.The aim is to provide local businesses with a zero-carbon delivery option. Couriers will come to … Read more
Six-time motorbike world champion, Max Biaggi, has broken a whole host of e-motorbike world records. Riding the Voxan Wattman at Châteauroux airfield in France, he hit a peak speed of 254mph (408km/h).In 2010, motorcycle manufacturer Voxan Motors was bought by Venturi. The latter’s president, Gildo Pastor, immediately refocused the firm on electric engines.In 2013, Venturi … Read more
Billing their product as compact, lightweight and agile, the creators of the e.Yoonit mini e-cargo bike have successfully hit their £22,000 funding goal on Kickstarter.The aim seems to have been to create something that can fit in lifts, train compartments or the back of a car.At 177.5cm, the e.Yoonit is a similar length to a … Read more
Oxfordshire-based Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) is to launch an e-bike taxi in spring 2021. The EAVgo will be a passenger version of the 2Cubed cargo bike that is being used within London’s ultra-low emission zone by UK laundry start-up, Oxwash.The EAVgo will feature a separate chassis-cab unit instead of the cargo container of the 2Cubed. … Read more
UK laundry start-up, Oxwash, will begin using e-cargo bikes to operate within London’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) in a bid to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its entire cleaning cycle.Founded in 2017, Oxwash is a washing and dry-cleaning firm whose innovative cleaning process involves the use of sterile water reclaimed from previous wash cycles … Read more
