The big daddy of ride sharing, Uber, has officially jumped into electric bike sharing. On Monday Uber announced that it has acquired Jump Bikes, a 10-year-old venture capital-backed startup that rents out dockless electric bicycles to users around cities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but a report from last week said that …

The next big frontier is BS VI and the costing challenges The fiscal gone by has been heady for two-wheelers with production/sales numbers crossing the 20 million mark. In the process, it has only strengthened India’s position as the world’s largest producer of bikes and scooters. Hero MotoCorp and its …

NEW YORK, USA – Last Tuesday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that pedal-assisted e-bikes will soon become legal to operate in New York City. As this decision comes after four years of striving to get legislation in place in New York, it’s regarded as a breakthrough for e-bikes …

Philippines-based company takes the concept of green motorcycles to a new level Christopher Paris Lacson is the CEO and design director at Meep Inc (short for Modular Energy Efficient Portage). Meep also has what Lacson calls the company’s “speedy subsidiary”, Banatti, a name derived from the Tagalog word Banat (meaning …

Bird electric scooters have officially taken over Southern California. They are inexpensive to rent and can make transportation through a busy city like San Diego or Los Angeles absolutely painless. These scooters are fast and fun to ride, so whether you just need to get from point A to point …

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands – The ‘electrification’ of Europe’s main bicycle markets continued in 2017. Sales of electric bicycles, e-MTBs and speed pedelecs showed a big double-digit growth. E-bike popularity keeps growing in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Of the four named markets e-bike sales in France showed the biggest …

The hoverboard craze that swept the nation in 2015 and 2016 landed more than 26,000 kids in hospital emergency rooms, according to new research. Millions of the self-balancing scooters were sold before reports of batteries overheating and bursting into flames prompted widespread recalls. But it turns out that falls — not fires — were by far …

Yamaha, the Japanese company better known for its motorcycles and pianos, is riding into the pedal-powered bicycle world with new models — all with an electric boost, of course. The company’s four electric-assist bicycles will be available in the U.S. market this summer. The range includes the CrossConnect, daily commuter …

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new scheme in conjunction with the Association of Cycle Traders, and a number of e-bike retailers, to help raise awareness of the benefits of e-bikes, and encourage more Londoners to cycle. Research by TfL has illustrated that more than a fifth of people who …

Want to stir up the cycling masses on social media? Post something about e-bikes. Few topics in our sport raise hackles like bikes powered by batteries. Some welcome their potential to make cycling easier and more accessible, but others fear they’re too close in nature to motorcycles to earn the …