Belgium e-bike maker Cowboy has announced new and advanced Find My Bike features, with updates including an audible alarm and a theft report link to make it easier to pass on key bike details to police and insurance companies.Riders will be able to activate the alarm, which is powered by the bike’s motor, through the Cowboy app from … Read more
We popped along to the 2024 Whyte Bikes launch a few weeks ago, and there was plenty of new stuff to see. Predominantly it was mountain bikes, including the new e-Lyte which uses the lightweight Bosch SX motor system, but there was also a brand new urban e-bike. 2024 Whyte RHeO launch 10 (Image Credit: … Read more
The latest instalment in Electrical Safety First’s (ESF) ongoing campaign to stamp out e-bike fires is in, with the safety charity expressing serious concerns about the enforcement of Wish.com’s ban on the sale of e-bike chargers and conversion kits. If you’ve never heard of Wish.com, their clever algorithms connect millions of shoppers and sellers worldwide, with … Read more
National shared transport charity Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) has said the UK Government is “falling behind the rest of the world” with its lack of action on e-scooters and other powered micro vehicles, after there was no mention of e-scooter legislation in last week’s King’s Speech.The government first announced plans for a new regulatory framework … Read more
“Ideal for where an e-bike or scooter isn’t enough, but a delivery van would be too much,” seems a nice summary of the target market of the PNY Ponie P2 electric delivery motorbike. That quote is from Netzah Sadeh, one of the founders of PNY, who was speaking at the debut of the Ponie P2 at … Read more
The UK’s main motorbike industry lobbying group, the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA), has launched ‘A Licence to Net Zero’ – a campaign to ‘improve access to mopeds, motorcycles and other L-Category vehicles’. The most eyecatching proposal is for the creation of a new legal category of light electric vehicle that would see 14-year-olds allowed to ride … Read more
Rotwild are a high end German brand with a reputation for being ahead of the e-bike crowd in their use of pioneering technology and eyecatching designs. We spotted them at Eurobike this year where they had a full-sus e-MTB incorporating Pinion’s groundbreaking mid-drive MGU (motor and gearbox unit). Having specialized in mountain bike designs previously, Rotwild … Read more
Cambridgeshire Fire Service is calling for better regulation of online sales of e-bike batteries and chargers following the deaths of a mother and her two children after a fire at their home in Cambridge in June. Gemma Germeney, 31, and her children Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, died following a fire that was believed to have been … Read more
We have already taken a brief look at the The Yamaha Booster Easy, covering its launch earlier in the year and the fact that Yamaha now has a range of e-bikes for sale in the UK, including more conventional-looking urban, gravel and e-MTB models. It was the Booster Easy that caught my eye though, as with its … Read more
The electric mobility leasing platform Zoomo has announced two new electric cargo options: the VOK XL E-Cargo and the Fernhay E-Quad. The news comes just a few months after Zoomo added its first electric cargo option – the EAV brand’s 2Cubed e-quad.The new additions from VOK and Fernhay are also electric four-wheelers, and are classified … Read more
