Electric bike

Posted October 8, 2025
Lupton-Smith in 2020.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Electric Bicycle Co., which assembled and painted custom e-bikes at its California facility, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation last week, listing total liabilities of $6.1 million, including secured claims of $960,000, and assets of $953,000.

Posted October 7, 2025
Billy Hewes.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — President Trump nominated William "Billy" Hewes III to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, replacing Douglas Dziak who recently resigned.

Posted September 29, 2025
Some Fuell Folld models that were auctioned.

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (BRAIN) — An auction of the remaining assets of an e-bike and e-motorcycle brand founded by motorcycle innovator Erik Buell raised about $170,000, which will make a small dent in the nearly $7 million the company owed to secured and unsecured creditors.

Posted September 26, 2025
Peter A. Feldman.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — Nearly four months after approving the e-mobility and lithium-ion battery testing standards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission submitted it to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) last month for review, a new and controversial procedure instituted by a presidential executive order.

Posted September 25, 2025

(BRAIN) — Blaupunkt, the car audio brand that began selling folding e-bikes in 2018, plans to move its e-bike assembly for the U.S. market from Paraguay to Western North Carolina.

Posted September 18, 2025

ATHENS, Greece (BRAIN) — At least 500 containers filled with e-bikes were among those seized by the European Public Prosecutor's Office for allegedly importing Chinese goods into the EU market and evading customs duties and value-added taxes. Six people were charged.

Posted September 10, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Rad Power has reached a settlement with a man who said his Rad Runner Plus e-bike caused him to fall and sustain injuries and damage property. The case is in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco.

Posted August 25, 2025

MÜHLTAL, Germany (BRAIN) — Riese & Müller informed retailers Monday morning that it is unable to ship e-bikes to the U.S. because of the new U.S. import rules placing a 50% tariff on steel used in e-bikes.

Posted August 22, 2025

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BRAIN) — The state's first solar-powered e-bike charging and rental station opened in Somerville on Thursday that's part of a collaboration between Metro Mobility and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

Posted August 20, 2025

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Firefighters extinguished a lithium-ion battery fire Sunday in the cellar of a Queens home operating as a battery repair business, according to the Fire Department of New York.

Posted August 18, 2025

LAKEWOOD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Tern Bicycles is collaborating with used e-bike marketplace Upway to offer a trade-in program at U.S. dealers.

Posted August 6, 2025

IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Association is calling on manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to adopt UL standards for e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries, and other e-mobility devices.

Posted July 24, 2025
Also, two senators want answers on why the CPSC's e-bike and lithium-ion battery testing standards proposal was not published for public comment.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a federal judge's ruling reinstating three Consumer Product Safety Commissioners fired by President Trump in May.

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