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| Key Technologies for LEVs - Part 1 |
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State of the global pedelec market and technology - where does it go? Key technologies for LEVs which will drive the next 10 years of innovation - part 1. Excerpt of the Ebike Future Conference 2019. more...
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| Bicycle Monitor Germany 2019 |
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Bicycle use continues to increase. Especially the pedelec is on the upswing. In 14 percent of German households there is at least one pedelec. more...
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| Sales of E3 wheelers on a rise in India |
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Driven by low cost ownership and favourable Government policies, for the first time sales of Electric Rickshaws surpasses that of conventional ones in India. Switching to e-rickshaws has improved quality of life and earnings. more...
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| E-Bike Africa |
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Expedition Starting in Glasgow on 19th November 2015. E-Bike Africa is a world record setting expedition from Glasgow to Cape Town. Explore the world without damaging the world. more...
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| Pedelec Café Lounge |
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Bike shop of a different kind. Originally, the idea of an electric bike café lounge is from Korea - an extremely successful new pedelec lifestyle concept. more...
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| Pedelec Adventures - Iceland Challenge |
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On June 17, 2013, the founders of Pedelec Adventures, specialized journalist Susanne Bruesch and expedition manager Ondra Veltrusky took off on their next expedition on electric bikes. more...
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| Information for mobility and safety |
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Availability of information and the possibility of accessing it almost anywhere via mobile data networks has already made its mark on our everyday mobility, and it will increasingly define and transform it. more...
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| The bike has been infected forever |
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Cycling enthusiasts have set themselves against it for many years, believing the bicycle to be one of the greatest engineering achievements of mankind, and immune to the electrification virus. more...
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| Market sectors with potential: The Bakfiets |
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Many people think of the bicycle as rather limited in transport capacity. But unnoticed by most of the population of Europe and many other regions worldwide, a very interesting new category of bike has been evolving. more...
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| Market sectors with potential: Velomobil |
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Many people think of the bicycle as rather limited in transport capacity. But unnoticed by most of the population of Europe and many other regions worldwide, a very interesting new category of bike has been evolving. more...
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| Market sectors with potential: Fleet bikes |
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Many people think of the bicycle as rather limited in transport capacity. But unnoticed by most of the population of Europe and many other regions worldwide, a very interesting new category of bike has been evolving. more...
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| Market sectors with potential: hire pedelecs |
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Many people think of the bicycle as rather limited in transport capacity. But unnoticed by most of the population of Europe and many other regions worldwide, a very interesting new category of bike has been evolving. more...
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| Pedelecs: a political View |
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Municipal decision-makers see pedelecs as an opportunity for cities. Significance of electric-assisted cargo bikes and potential in commuting traffic still underestimated. more...
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| Bosch Power versus Horse Power |
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Tour de Mongolia - across Mongolia by Pedelec. More information during the daily presentations at the ExtraEnergy stage at the ISPO BIKE fair in Munich. more...
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| Wow Factor of E-Mobility |
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Since 1997, people test ride pedelecs on our Test IT Tracks worldwide, meanwhile with four Test IT Tracks throughout Europe. In January 2011, ExtraEnergy gave a new facelift to the Show. With the participation of renowned manufacturers including (...) more...
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| ExtraEnergy to explore Spain |
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In cooperation with Andres Moreno, LEV insider and activist in Spain, ExtraEnergy is moving forward in the Spanish market. For summer 2011 a whole month of promotional activities are planned in Andalucia. Read more about the projects and challenges in a difficult but potentially large market. more...
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| Calling Pedelec Manufacturers and Traders |
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An interesting opportunity has opened up for pedelec manufacturers and traders to build awareness for their brands (without spending a lot of money) in a part of Germany which promises to be a major e-mobility region in the near future. more...
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| Local Electricity Provider subsidizes Pedelecs |
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In a south-German town the local electricity provider and two local pedelec traders came up with a radical plan to promote the ownership and use of pedelecs in the local community: every buyer of a pedelec gets €250 in his hand. more...
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| Hysun3000: Art meets Transport of Tomorrow |
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The Hysun3000 is about the future. It was placed on the map by its inventors in 2004, when it completed a 3,000-kilometer long trip from Berlin to Barcelona. The light, 3-wheel vehicle was powered by fuel-cell technology and so proved that fuel cells function. Since then the Hysun3000 has gone from one exhibition to the next as a "strategy for the future". more...
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| Putting their Bottoms where Their Mouths are |
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Cycling is growing ever more popular among politicians in the EU parliament city of Brussels. One sign: Between 2004 and 2008 the number of cycle parking bays available to European Commission employees grew from 690 to 2,900. The European Two-wheeler Retailers' Association (ETRA) is using the opportunity to spread the news about electric bikes. more...
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| Pedelecs reloaded |
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Industrial design students of the UAS Joanneum in Graz, Austria, engaged themselves intensively with the questions how pedelecs should look like in future and their market potential. Lecturer Lutz Kucher reports on the most pertinent questions investigated and a summary shows what the students created. more...
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| Velotech.de: The Bike Killer of Schweinfurt |
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A visit to "professional bike breaker" velotech.de in Schweinfurt revealed where the damaging forces are at work on bicycles. When it comes to electric bikes, these forces are even stronger. velotech.de is currently developing a GS certificate for electric bikes in cooperation with ExtraEnergy and SLG. more...
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| Entries closed for National Bike Rental Competition |
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Local authorities, communities and interest groups had until 17 June to enter their innovative plans for public bicycle renting in German cities in the National Public Bike Rental Competition of the Federal government. Now it's over to the judges. more...
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| Pedelecs accepted in Bike-to-Work Project |
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For the first time this year pedelecs will be part and parcel of the national "Mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit" project due to kick off on 1 June. ExtraEnergy is a co-sponsor of the Bavarian leg of the project, which calls on employees to go to work with their bikes, rather than cars. more...
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| E-Wheels is Setting up Rental Network |
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Collect information on electric two-wheelers, rent them, buy them and talk about your experiences. This is the all-in-one concept of the new online platform, which the German company E-Wheels just started. more...
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| New Pedelec Motors out of Europe |
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Several new bottom bracket motors will be released on the market soon. The first will be seen on a mountain bike of KTM, the second on pedelecs of the Swiss firm Tour de Suisse Rad AG and the third is rumoured to be developed by a big European automobile supplier. more...
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| Presto training in Poland focuses on Infrastructure |
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Sixty people from all over Poland participated in the first training session of the EU-funded Presto project "Promoting Cycling for Everyone as a Daily Transport Mode" in Tczew (Poland) on 26 and 27 February, Brussels-based European Two-wheeler Retailers' Association (ETRA) said today. more...
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| E-bike Sales in EU to Break 1 million Barrier in 2010 |
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Electric bike sales experts Frank Jamerson and Ed Benjamin have updated their forecast for global electric bike sales in 2010, reports Brussels-based European Two-wheel Retailers' Association (ETRA). If this forecast is anything to go by, 2010 will be the year in which the European Union (EU) breaks through the magical one million sales barrier. more...
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| Pedelec, E-bike Batteries to Fall under BattG |
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The Environment Office (UBA) of Germany's federal government confirmed that the batteries of pedelecs and e-bikes are industrial batteries in terms of §8 of the country's new "Batterie Gesetz" (BattG). As such, they have to be disposed of in a special way. The BattG will be discussed in-depth at the upcoming LEV workshop in Aschaffenburg. more...
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| Germans Value Cycling more than Ever |
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With over 13 billion Euros turnover per year and 220,000 jobs, Germany's bicycle and bicycle-related sectors are significant (and growing) players in the country's economy. more...
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| ExtraEnergy to Go It Alone with New Magazine |
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The first issue of the ExtraEnergy Magazine will be published online and in print by e-bike test authority ExtraEnergy e.V. in March. Plans to publish the new magazine with Degen Media House were put on ice early in February, following conceptual and financial differences between the two parties. more...
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| E-bike Shrugs off Cold on Transalp Epic |
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Two adventurer friends set off on an epic journey this morning. They want to cross the Alps on bikes in three days in the middle of one of the coldest European winters in a long time. One of them is on an e-bike and the other on a mountain bike, because they are out to prove today's lithium-ion batteries can withstand low temperatures - with a little help (see photo). more...
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| Increased competition of pedelec and e-bike systems |
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SEW Eurodrive and Brose announced their Joint Venture for e-mobility in February this year. At the IAA (International Automotive Exhibition) 2011 in Frankfurt SEW-Brose recently showed their first pedelec system. The JV is a member of the EnergyBus association, which introduced a standard for Light-Electric-Vehicles (LEVs) earlier this year. more...
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| e-Power at Schleizer Dreieck |
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The Schleizer Dreieck is a traditional race course for motorcyclists in Thuringia, Germany. From 13 to 15 May, the e-Power International Championship took place for the first time in Germany. A report from our Spanish correspondent Andrés Moreno. more...
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| Busy month for ExtraEnergy in Taiwan |
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Earlier this month the global bicycle industry assembled in Taiwan for its annual pre-season bash. ExtraEnergy was there and used the opportunity to stage a number of events. Among them the LEV Conference, announcement of the Pedelec Award winners and EnergyBus Workshop. Once again, the Test IT Track was a crowd-pleaser at the Taipei Cycle Show. more...
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| Plotting the Aging Path of Batteries |
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Dr. Frieder Herb, longstanding ExtraEnergy associate and member, concluded his doctoral studies on the aging of batteries and fuel cells at the university of Ulm in 2010. Thanks to his research it is now possible to predict the lifespan of pedelec and e-bike batteries. more...
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| Granada - a city in need of electric vehicles |
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On 12 February Andres Moreno, editor of the Spanish green transport site VehiculosVerdes.com and part-time employee of electric vehicle promotor ExtraEnergy, met senior decision makers in the Spanish city of Granada to get their approval for staging GoPedelec! events in the city. Afterwards Moreno wrote this report on his trip. more...
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| Legal Doping |
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Updated video clip on Pedelec race in Stuttgart, 2007. Trained bikers and city prominents competed. more...
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| Do people who buy electric bikes cycle more? |
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Research, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway, 2020: People who buy an electric bike more than double their use of bicycle for transport. "We found that people who purchased an e-bike increased their bicycle use from 2.1 to 9.2 km per day on average..." more...
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