Electric bike

Posted August 30, 2023

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — E-Bike Smart is a new electric bike safety education online course created by PeopleForBikes, the League of American Bicyclists, and Bicycle Colorado to help riders of all ages and experience levels learn how to ride responsibly.

Posted August 21, 2023

CYPRESS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Yamaha Bicycles started a click-and-collect program through its network of dealers, giving customers the option to buy online and pick up at the nearest Yamaha dealer

Posted August 20, 2023
Company is also developing an extinguisher for battery fires.

WATERTOWN, Conn. (BRAIN) — A 25-year old Connecticut packaging supply company has new technology that it claims will suppress lithium-ion batteries being stored or shipped.

Posted August 15, 2023

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — E-bike reseller Upway will offer a repair program exclusively for VanMoof owners here beginning the week of Sept. 4.

Posted August 3, 2023

BETHESDA, Maryland (BRAIN) — Mike Fritz left last week's Consumer Product Safety Commission public hearing on lithium-ion battery safety confident he and other industry representatives convinced the agency mandatory regulations are needed.

Posted August 1, 2023

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — E-mobility rental and sales company micromobility.com submitted a non-binding bid to acquire e-bike brand VanMoof, which was declared bankrupt by the court of Amsterdam on July 17.

Posted July 28, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Envo Drive Systems, the maker of various electric vehicles including e-bikes, has acquired VeloMetro Mobility, a fellow Vancouver-based company, which went bankrupt last winter.

Posted July 27, 2023
FDNY photo from a battery-charging business it shut down this year.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — Mandatory federal regulations will be necessary to curb the growing fire danger from lithium-ion batteries, industry representatives said at a Consumer Product Safety Commission public hearing Thursday.

Posted July 26, 2023
The meeting is open to the public via videoconferencing.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Representatives from various organizations — including the bicycle industry, independent standards groups, and consumer safety advocates — will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT to discuss lithium-ion battery safety at a Consumer Product Safety Commission forum.

Posted July 26, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) — Lyft is listening to purchase and investor offers for its e-bike and e-scooter bikeshare division, according to a blog post on its website on Monday.

Posted July 25, 2023
Now it's up to the CPSC to decide — and if any other bike regs should be updated.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — A 60-day comment period ended Monday, giving interested people an opportunity to weigh in on whether federal bicycle safety requirements – in particular a requirement that sidewalk bikes have coaster brakes —  are outdated.

Posted July 24, 2023
Deadline was Monday to submit public comments online.
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WASHINGTON — The last time the Consumer Product Safety Commission took an in-depth look at its bicycle safety regulations, it was the mid-1970s and the industry was just emerging from that decade's bike boom. The agency had only been launched in 1972.

Posted July 24, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BRAIN) — A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would make it illegal for kids under 12 to operate an e-bike. It also would require e-bike riders who don't have driver's licenses to take an online test and have state-issued identification.

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