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Accell Group’s new ION® mid motor will be on display at the Sparta dealer show this year. – Photo Sparta

Sparta Launching Brand for Accell Group's Mid-Motor

APELDOORN, the Netherlands - "We did not want just another mid-motor, but a product with its own riding characteristics that could add value to our...

E-Hybrids, e-MTBs, e-Racers; all the new e-bike categories that will be on display at Eurobike 2014 are creating an increasingly diverse marketplace. – Photo Bike Europe

E-Bike Offering Going Ballistic at Eurobike 2014

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Next week's Eurobike will see an offering in electric bikes as well as in e-bike components that is going through the...

A great advantage of Shimano Steps is the system’s option to combine it with the Alfine Di-2 internal gear hub. - Photo Bike Europe

First Test Ride with Shimano Steps E-Bike

BREMEN, Germany - Shimano Europe selected the North German city of Bremen for their official Product Launch of its new e-bike system, called Steps...

Hostettler AG co-founder and honorary President Fritz Hostettler passed away. – Photo Hostettler AG

Hostettler AG Mourns for Loss of Fritz Hostettler

SURSEE, Switzerland - The country's largest two-wheeler wholesaler and importer, Hostettler AG, mourns for the loss of company co-founder and...

“Our goal is to have a Gates belt drive option for every e-bike system in the market,” said Todd Sellden, director of Gates Carbon Drive. – Photo Gates

Gates Carbon Drive Partners with LEVA

DENVER, USA - The fastest-growing category for its bicycle belt drives is e-bike and to continue its push into this product category, Gates Corp,...

Yamaha Motor signed an agreement with, among others, Giant for OEM supply of its new PW e-bike drive units. - Photo Bike Europe

Yamaha Scaling Up E-Bike Drive System Business

IWATA, Japan - On the waves of the booming European e-bike market Yamaha Motor, once developer of the modern e-bike drive system, is scaling up its...

New standards for Light Electric Vehicles including e-bikes and s-pedelecs, which may overwrite the current EN standard EN 15194 sometime soon in some areas, are developed by the ISO IEC working group. - Photo Bike Europe

Bike Industry Absent at LEV Standardizing Meetings

TANNA, Germany - The bicycle industry took an active role when EN 15194 for e-bikes was developed. But so far only the motorcycle Industry took part...

The for e-bikes relevant international standardization process by ISO/IEC/TC69/JPT61851-3 is running until now without the participation of the bicycle industry. At the June 11 Information Day EnergyBus board member Hannes Neupert will report about the latest status and roadmap of the standardization process. - Photo Extra Energy

Information Day on EnergyBus Protocol in Antwerp

TANNA, Germany - The electric two wheeler market is growing fast. But the most relevant international standardization process by...

Japan 2012: Market Goes Back to Normal

Japan 2012: Market Goes Back to Normal

TOKYO, Japan - "Back to normal" seems to be the mantra. The Tohoku earthquake on March 2011 the giant tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe...

Japan 2011: Pedelec Sales on the Rise

Japan 2011: Pedelec Sales on the Rise

TOKYO, Japan - Bike Europe's latest published Japan bicycle market report for 2011 was based on the January to October figures. Correspondent Jo...