18 months after opening their first store in the country, the UK arm of Mate e-bikes has gone into administration. An auction of their goods is set to take place on August 2, held by Hilco Global Auction. The news comes after Mate UK was prosecuted last year for selling 750W 20mph e-bikes.According to information available … Read more
Charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) have recently made public a detailed 72 page report dramatically entitled ‘Battery Breakdown – Why are e-scooter and e-bike batteries exploding in people’s homes and what can be done about it?’Amongst many other recommendations, some of the most noticeable and the most likely to affect readers (should they be enacted) … Read more
British brand Claud Butler has introduced two new eMTBs, the Wrath 1.0 and the Wrath 2.0. They are both hardtails and positioned more as leisure eMTBs than anything you’d want to take to Whistler – but for under £2,000 they certainly appear an interesting proposition.Claud Butler Wrath 1.0 (Image Credit: Claud Butler) Wrath 1.0, by … Read more
Delivery services should take responsibility and liability for the e-bikes operated by their delivery riders, according to Electrical Safety First (ESF). As part of its broader campaign for improved e-mobility battery safety standards, the charity also says that delivery apps should consider providing e-bikes themselves, or running an incentive scheme to encourage their riders to … Read more
It has been reported that the Royal Family has joined the e-revolution, with Prince William buying an e-scooter to ride around the Windsor estate. As always, we take these stories with a pinch of salt, but isn’t it fun to imagine that the first in line for the throne is whizzing around Windsor on an … Read more
HumanForest has launched a zero-emission, on-demand parcel delivery service through which people and businesses in London can send packages across the city.The new venture, called Forest Parcel, will utilise the company’s existing fleet of e-bikes, with deliveries bookable through the Parcel website. HumanForest says parcels must weigh less than 5kg.> EAV e-cargo bikes now available … Read more
Recycling waste from businesses in Brighton city centre is to be collected by e-cargo bikes, in a scheme by cargo bike delivery service Zedify and recycling company Recorra that aims to reduce carbon emissions in the area.The bikes will be fitted with large boxes that will take the waste away to be made into paper … Read more
Surge are a relatively new, UK-based e-bike brand and currently have only one model, the Traveler P5e – though apparently more are in the pipeline. Their website description is commendably free of hype, clear and informative so let’s start by quoting it in full.“Our ambition for the Surge Bikes Traveler P5e was to create an easy to … Read more
Dutch bike brand Swapfiets has announced that it is offering free yse of e-bikes to commuters affected by the upcoming Tube strikes. The RMT union strikes are set to take place between Sunday July 23 and Saturday July 29 and will affect the whole Tube network.To entice more people onto e-bikes rather than into cars, … Read more
Regular ebiketips readers may have noticed that Mivice‘s rear hub motor with torque sensor has featured very positively in several reviews over the past 18 months or so. The company has been in business since 2017 but it’s taken them until relatively recently to make that good impression – in the UK at least. The firm … Read more
