LUDHIANA, India - India's Hero Cycles Limited is targeting the hi-end global bicycle and e-bike market from its newly built state-of-the-art site Hero E-Cycle Valley. Production began in 2021 at the ambitious project based at Hero Industrial Park (HIP) on the outskirts of Ludhiana. Here the company eventually aims to capture a sizeable share of the surging global bicycle and e-bike market.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Stating that current legislation is creating 'legal bottlenecks' for the development of the light electric vehicle (LEV)-market, trade association LEVA-EU is calling on the industry to make sure their voices are heard when the European Commission holds a workshop on LEV legislation this month.
Following the initial cancellation of orders and period of uncertainty at the beginning of the corona pandemic in 2020, it soon became clear that the pandemic was going to bring a completely new set of challenges to the bicycle industry. What followed was two years of supply chain woes in a booming market.
TIMISOARA, Romania - German Corratec is the next in the industry to start bicycle production in Romania. On 6 August the company celebrated the grand opening of its new production facility in Timișoara.
荷蘭，阿默斯福特（AMERSFOORT）－荷蘭最大自行車代理集團Dynamo Retail Group今年報出銷售佳績。儘管去年自行車銷售下滑2位數，Dynamo Retail Group今年1到7月銷量再次回升12.1%。
國，鄧肯多夫（DENKENDORF）－BomBardier Recreational Products（BRP）是Pinion新的大股東，其他股東還有Pinion創辦人、總經理和小股東。BRP總裁／執行長José Boisjoli表示：「我們正在擴大潛在市場，除了現有同時踏入未開發的領域，像是城市交通和服務。」
羅馬尼亞，蒂米甚瓦拉（TIMISOARA）－德國Corratec成為自行車產業第二間落腳羅馬尼亞的企業。該公司於8月6日慶祝Timisoara新廠盛大開幕。
ZEIST, the Netherlands - Registration has opened for the fourth annual Ebike Future Conference which will showcase the latest trends in the e-bike business and related technology. The online event, held from October 11-13th, will feature over 50 entrepreneurs and e-bike business experts. An additional feature this year is a coinciding virtual expo.
ZEIST, the Netherlands - The first half of 2022 saw a brisk increase in speed-pedelec sales in the Netherlands. From January to June the number of registered speed-pedelec increased to 2,129 units, or 11% more than the same period in 2021. After that followed a completely different period.
德國，法蘭克福（FRANKFURT）－歐洲自行車展Eurobike全新概念和展場移師法蘭克福帶來的成功可能超乎新主辦單位Fairnamics預期。自行車產業正熱，許多參展的也對於新場地表示讚賞，不過也有不少產業相關人士對電池短缺表示擔憂。
SHANGHAI, China - For the third time this year, COVID restrictions have forced the organising committee to postpone the 2022 edition of China Cycle. At the moment it is unknown when or where the show is going to take place.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Bicycle parts supplier Marwi Taiwan Industrial Co., Ltd., known as Marwi Group, started production at its new 'smart' production facility late last year. Since then, production has been gradually ramped up. At Eurobike, Marwi founder and chairman Patrick Pai and his daughter, Marwi president Coco Pai told Bike Europe that fully automated production at the facility will start by the end of this year.
德國，慕尼黑（MUNICH）－Specialized直接銷售客群的決定讓代理商不悅，甚至打算重新考量是否繼續合作。德國規模最大旗艦店Alpha Bikes已轉和Giant合作。
ZEIST, the Netherlands - The rampant growth that the industry seen has seen in the past two years has made supplies almost uncontrollable. Managing logistics has become vital for brands.
The trend for fully integrated cable routing in e-bike designs is fully on. This has triggered leading e-bike connector manufacturer Higo to come up with their smallest signal connector range on the market. This new series, the micro M, has been designed for connections like displays, switches, brakes and sensors. The key feature of this series is the use of crimp contacts instead of soldered contacts.
LUTON, England - European e-scooter provider, Voi Technology, has signed a partnership with a UK-based waste management company to safely dispose and recycle end-of-life batteries from its electric vehicles.
Faction Bike Studio, offering industrial design and engineering services to the bike industry, is growing rapidly. An important contribution to this growth is a unique prototype service. This service enables Faction Bike Studio to create a prototype for every step of the development process.
法國，巴黎（PARIS）－就現況來看，很難想像法國自行車產業在1980年之前的榮景。該國自1990年代因廉價勞力將生產移到國外之後便大受衝擊。法國政府現在計畫重振該國自行車產業，推出一系列措施要讓電動自行車和自行車產業再次發光發熱。
丹麥，哥本哈根（COPENHAGEN）－哥本哈根自行車展（Copenhagen Bike Show）在中斷兩年之後，於三月再次開幕，成為歐洲今年少數舉辦的自行車展之一。目前有越來越多國家解除疫情相關限制，預期會有更多展會活動。丹麥市場潛力是否真能實現？
PARIS, France - It is hard to imagine, but up until the 1980's, France had a flourishing bicycle industry. The country was hit hard by the production relocation to low wage countries since the 1990's. The French government now wants to turn the tide. It has launched a series of initiatives to put the e-bike and bicycle industry back on the map.
