The pedelec start-up Bio-Hybrid has finally failed. After the management had to file for insolvency in April this year, the search for investors was unsuccessful. The start-up was dissolved in the commercial register in mid-July.
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The Austrian company e.battery systems will produce at least 10,000 batteries for the electric motorbikes of the Swedish manufacturer RGNT Motorcycles in the coming years. The order volume is more than 30 million euros.
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The BMW Group research department has presented concepts for an electric cargo bike and an electric trek scooter. The Munich-based company does not intend to produce the two vehicles itself, but there are apparently talks with potential licensees.
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Harley-Davidson has presented the first product of its newly founded electric motorbike brand. The LiveWire One is essentially a relaunch of the already familiar LiveWire electric motorbike, but it will be offered at a significantly lower price.
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The energy company Vattenfall and the Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer Cake have signed a letter of intent to share expertise in their respective fields to develop “the first fossil-free electric motorcycle”.
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BMW has presented the series version of the CE 04 electric scooter. Many design elements of the futuristic Concept Definition CE 04 study have been retained. The electric scooter’s drive system is to benefit from developments in the BMW iX.
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The kick-scooter rental company Bird is entering the sharing business with e-bikes. The provider will initially launch the Bird Bike this year in “select cities” in North America, and Italy, Spain, Germany, Ireland, and France in Europe.
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At the beginning of 2019, the European Parliament Committee (IMCO) had decided that there is no need for compulsory liability insurance for pedelecs and low-power e-bikes. This will remain the case in the future.
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Apple supplier Foxconn and scooter maker Gogoro today announced an MoU to speed up the expansion of Gogoro’s battery swapping system. Gogoro will use Foxconn’s extensive production capacities to scale up, given recent market announcements in India and China.
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Superpedestrian is massively expanding its e-scooter sharing Link in Europe and added nine cities in just three months. By the end of this year, the MIT spinoff targets to roll out its kick scooters in 30 European cities.
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Micromobility provider Tier Mobility has secured additional capital to drive the expansion of its fleets. The Berlin-based company is receiving $60 million (49 million euros) in loan financing from Goldman Sachs.
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Two-wheeler manufacturer Kymco, Super Soco and Felo Technologies have signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Together, the partners want to develop new electric motorbikes and scooters based on Kymco’s Ionex battery platform.
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Bird has presented its new electric pedal scooter and is planning to go public on the US stock exchange. Both major projects are to be implemented in parallel in the summer.
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The Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro wants to bring its battery exchange network to China on a large scale. For this purpose, Gogoro has now joined forces with two large Chinese two-wheeler manufacturers. Recently, there was a similar deal for India.
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Harley-Davidson has now officially launched its own brand for electric motorbikes. The brand is called LiveWire, like the manufacturer’s first electric motorbike, which has been available since 2019. The first product of the new brand is to be released soon.
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Husqvarna Motorcycles has presented a glimpse of its electric future with three concept vehicles. The brand’s main focus is on urban mobility; from an electric scooter to a lightweight electric motorcycle.
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Govecs presented a new edition of its Flex electric scooter model especially for use in the sharing sector. The Flex 2.0 comes with a self-developed drive train and a choice of one or two batteries. In addition, Govecs is aiming to set up urban sharing charging stations in cooperation with Swiftmile.
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Tier Mobility has launched its service in Kraków, Poland and says it is the 100th city where it made its e-scooters available. Other light electric vehicles are also coming in as the Berlin-based start-up increases its multimodal share.
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Dutch micromobility company Dott has signed an $85 million Series B funding round. The company operates a fleet of 30,000 electric scooters in five European countries.
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Bio-Hybrid GmbH has filed for insolvency with the Nuremberg District Court. The start of series production, which was planned for mid-2021 after the separation from Schaeffler, is thus in jeopardy.
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Taiwan’s Gogoro and India’s Hero MotoCorp announced a strategic partnership that aims to found a joint venture for bringing battery swaps to India. Hero also wants to use Gogoro technology for new electric two-wheelers for the Indian market.
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Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof has launched a detachable powerbank that is designed to give riders up to 100 kilometres of extra range on the VanMoof S3 or X3 bikes and can be easily charged indoors.
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Here is to a true transport turnaround as France and Finland get creative in their e-mobility incentives. France wants to offer owners of cars with combustion engines a special form of scrapping premium: 2,500 euros for the purchase of a pedelec.
Continue readingWe sat down with Superpedestrian Haya Verwoord Douidri. She is the new VP of EMEA for the Boston-based company and told us about far-reaching expansion plans for the Link scooter system that claims extremely advanced geofencing and other AI tech designed to declutter scooter-sharing in cities.
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German battery group Varta is cooperating with the Austrian two-wheeler manufacturer KTM in the field of low-voltage battery platforms for electric two-wheelers from 250 watts to 20 kW peak power. The duo aims to “set accents in the development of two-wheeled electric vehicles.”
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Bird has announced plans to invest 125 million euros in expanding its offering in Europe. The micromobility provider plans to double its presence in Europe over the spring and summer by relaunching in 50 cities and expanding its offering in existing cities.
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Honda, Yamaha, KTM and Piaggio have founded a ‘Swappable Batteries Consortium for Motorcycles and Light Electric Vehicles’. Starting in May, motorcycle makers want to define replaceable battery system standards for use in L-category vehicles.
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Micromobility provider Tier and battery manufacturer Northvolt have formed a partnership. The aim is to improve the sustainability of electric scooter batteries and their raw material requirements, as well as improving sustainability by means of battery swapping stations and recycling.
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The Austrian multi-brand importer KSR Group has launched a new brand called Motron Motorcycles aimed specifically at the entry-level and mid-range segment. The brand’s portfolio includes three electric scooters and an electric minibike.
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Indian electric scooter manufacturer Ampere Electric, a subsidiary of Greaves Cotton, announced it will set up a plant in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India. The facility to manufacture battery-electric scooters is planned to be operational by the end of this year.
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