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The e-bike market has been growing steadily for years. The market represented 9 million units last year. That is why the Belgian company E2 Drives also focuses on this growth market by developing innovative technology with an automatic gearbox. Interesting […]
Since last week, bicycle stores are only allowed to do urgent reparations. Still, the sector hopes that the corona crisis will increase the popularity of the bike. Contamination Since the corona outbreak, the few people in the streets go on […]
Irish bicycle start-up, Modmo, has announced the production of its first e-bike, the Saigon. Similar to competitors like the Belgian Cowboy bikes, Modmo’s creation is electric, app-driven, and sold online. Presales have started with delivery expected in September 2020. With […]
On Tuesday, the Swiss scooter brand Qooder shows its electrically powered versions based on the existing range of two or three-wheeled scooters. The manufacturer responds to the needs of the commuter. The latter is looking for a zero-emission scooter that […]
Erwin Beerens, CEO and principal owner of the Antwerp Beerens Groep, and automotive service provider, Belcar, is going to jump on the e-bike. The man, who once suffered a heart attack while climbing the Mont Ventoux as a touring cyclist, […]
Cargo bicycles are gaining interest in the eye of the authorities, especially for last-mile deliveries. With a delivery sector expected to continue to grow, cargo bikes are a small, practical, go-anywhere and, more importantly, green alternative to vans and trucks. […]
In 2019, almost 40% more electric bikes were stolen in the Netherlands. This is, of course, a direct consequence of the booming sales. While those bikes are also more expensive, the financial damage rose even more. “We’ve lost millions of […]
On Thursday, PSA-daughter Citroën launched Ami, the production version of Ami One, a prototype it showed in Geneva last year. The manufacturer doesn’t like you to call it a car; it’s a ‘moving object able to transport two people in […]
The e-bicycle is the goose that lays the golden eggs for the Dutch cycling sector. In 2019 alone, a record number of 420 000 new e-bikes were sold in the Netherlands. In the meantime, pedal-assisted bikes represent 70% of the […]
Montreal has ended a pilot project with 680 shared electric e-scooters. The city cites the lack of respect of users for the regulations as the reason for the ban. Montreal didn’t have any fatal or serious accidents with the scooters. […]
The city of Antwerp introduces speed limits for speed pedelecs: the maximum speed goes down to 25 km/h, and cycle paths with a double direction will have a dotted line in the middle. Since 2016, the number of accidents involving […]
The city of Vilvoorde wants to tackle the nuisance caused by abandoned shared cycles and e-steps. These often come from Brussels and are left by users at the end of the journey at the station and at parks and squares […]
Of the almost 30 000 speed pedelecs registered in Belgium, 40% are leased bicycles. This is apparent from figures collected by CD&V MP, Jef Van den Bergh. In Wallonia, the super-fast e-bikes with pedal assistance up to 45 km/hour have […]
The latest study from the Bicycle Observatory notes that the share of cycling in Brussels has increased by 8,9% between 2018 and 2019. Electrically assisted bike usage is also growing, especially for the daily work-to-home commute where they accounted for […]
The Flemish government no longer wants to admit polluting mopeds and scooters to the low-emission zones (LEZ) of, for example, Ghent and Antwerp. But the problem is that it doesn’t know how to realize this, as there is no inventory […]
The Ghent blogger and cycling enthusiast Dries Robberechts has created a map of Ghent that shows the travel time between various locations. The maps, taken from Google maps, allows the user to calculate what his time savings will be if […]
Dott is one of the key players of shared electric scooters in Brussels. The organization also wants to expand its activities to Antwerp and will offer shared e-bikes by the summer. With the recently launched Dott, the Belgian capital already […]
The city of Mechelen is planning to introduce a shared cargo bike platform by the end of this year. The first two e-models were launched on Saturday for a test ride at the presentation of a regional vegetal garden on […]
The Belgian bicycle show Velofollies that opened its doors on Friday for the public is drawing the attention of the Dutch. Especially the leased ‘company’ bike is an eye-catcher for our northern neighbors. ‘Bicycle country’ “Although The Netherlands has a […]
The start-up Rein4ced, which specializes in the automated production of composite bicycle frames, will build frames for the bicycle giant Accell Group. Every year, the Dutch Accell Group sells more than 1 million bikes. The best-known brands in its portfolio […]
The number of speed pedelecs on the Belgian roads increased significantly in 2019. More and more people consider the fast-riding bikes an alternative for their second car. According to the service for vehicle registrations (Dienst voor Inschrijvingen Voertuigen, DIV), last […]
Last year, the IT company Mobco in Dilbeek (Brussels, Belgium) offered its employees an original Christmas present: those who already drove a company car were given an e-scooter on top. The compact two-wheelers were part of a smart ‘combi mobility […]
The Netherlands, the bicycle country by excellence, is warming up for a spectacular ‘run on the e-bike’, starting the second of January. More than 150.000 new e-bikes are expected to be sold in 2020. New fiscal measures make the electric […]
The Flemish Government has committed itself to reduce the number of road deaths to 200 by 2020. A miracle will have to be done to achieve this target. Critics say it is next to impossible. In the first nine months […]
The electric shared scooter dominates the street scene, but it is not quite sure it can get commuters out of their car. “It is surprising that a kind of toy conquered the streets of Antwerp and Brussels,” noticed technology journalist […]
Most of the Dutch bicycle shelters are over-occupied. The growing number of cycling commuters using a carrier tricycle is a challenge for the Dutch railway company, NS, and rail manager, ProRail. The world’s largest bicycle shelter that opened in August […]
In the Netherlands, the House of Representatives is considering the shared scooter, the small electric rental scooter that is already available in many foreign cities. Scientists, however, see many drawbacks. Unsafe Four suppliers, Bird, Lime, Tier, and Voi, made a […]
Although the past year has brought a lot of rain, the number of hours of traffic jams on the Belgian road network has decreased compared to 2018. The traffic information service Be-Mobile’s traffic jam barometer shows this. We spent fewer […]
Belfius acquires almost half of the Limburg bicycle leasing group Cyclis from, among others, the LRM (Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij). With this deal, the bank hopes to make a big leap forward in the market for lease bikes in Belgium. Cyclis […]
Five years after the introduction of 40 Swap bicycles meant for students in Delft (The Netherlands), today, there are already 180.000 of the eye-catching bikes with the typical blue front wheel – the trademark of the young start-up that launched […]
The province of Antwerp has allocated 117 million euros for improving the cycle paths and the construction of three new fast cycle paths. With the support of Flanders (via the cycling funds), every euro that the province spends is doubled. […]
Cowboy, the start-up with the smart electric bicycles, has succeeded in collecting 1,2 million British pounds or 1,4 million euros in twelve minutes on the first day of its crowdfunding campaign. Last week, the start-up had announced to organize this […]
The fast electric bicycle, the speed pedelec, is under fire. Some talk about ‘the new cycling terrorist’; others call them ‘the BMW of the bicycle path’. But why does this fast e-bike arouse so much irritation? Because the speed of […]
On Wednesday, the Belgian e-bicycle start-up Cowboy announced it would start a crowdfunding campaign. The young company wishes to triple its sales in 2020 after already expanding in other markets such as Germany, France, Spain, and Britain. Young and trendy […]
The Dutch are increasingly using electric bicycles. In 2013, a total of 1,5 billion kilometers were driven on an e-bike; in 2017, it was 2,2 billion kilometers. In those four years, the number of e-bike journeys increased by 72%. This […]
