Bolt deserted its electric bikes on US streets. What happens now?

In another example of reality sometimes being stranger than fiction, electric scooter and e-bike sharing company Bolt Mobility appears to have shut down operations in several US cities largely overnight. In doing so, it abandoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of light electric vehicles on the streets. What happened to Bolt Mobility? Bolt Mobility,…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 10:24 am GMT0Comments

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Lectric XP e-bike maker launches 45% larger battery upgrade

Faster and farther – those are two of the most common requests from many e-bike riders who rely on their bikes for daily trips. The Lectric XP e-bike is already quite fast at 28 mph (45 km/h), but now it is going farther than ever thanks to a big battery upgrade launched today by the…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 9:23 am GMT0Comments

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Porsche launches two e-bike companies, will build ‘powerful’ motors

Porsche hasn’t been coy about its electric bicycle ambitions over the last few years, but now the company is jumping in with both feet as it starts two new electric bicycle companies to expand its reach in the e-bike market. Both are joint ventures founded in tandem by the automaker Porsche and the Dutch…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 8:22 am GMT0Comments

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Ride1Up Core-5 e-bike gets 25% larger battery, keeps low price

Ride1Up’s Core-5 electric bike has received an upgrade to improve its already popular position as a cost-effective $1,195 commuter electric bike. The first major update to the Ride1Up Core-5 appears to be increasing the battery capacity to achieve longer range. Boosting battery size has been a popular move lately, with e-bike companies taking advantage…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 7:21 am GMT0Comments

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Climate bill forgets the most important electric vehicles that matter

The Senate’s passing of the Inflation Reduction Act should be applauded as a major step toward protecting our planet. However, it is important to note that while this agreement offers big incentives for electric cars, it also abandoned on the side of the road a critically important class of electric vehicle: electric bicycles. The…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 6:20 am GMT0Comments

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Quality cargo e-bike, easy on the wallet

At Eurobike 2022, I had the chance to test out a number of fun and innovative new electric bikes, and one of the models I was most looking forward to was the Tern Quick Haul. Having covered the bike’s unveiling earlier this year, I knew that I was going to want to test out this…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 5:19 am GMT0Comments

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Addmotor M-340 fat tire electric trike gets big battery upgrade

Electric tricycles have long been a favorite of parents, older riders, and anybody who enjoys the stability and cargo benefits of three-wheeled electric bikes. Now the Addmotor M-340 electric trike is getting a big update with the brand’s EB2.0 electrical system, including a big new battery. Addmotor M-340 gets updated We first learned of…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 4:18 am GMT0Comments

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Taking this low-cost Amazon e-bike off-road

HittRoad is one of several low-cost electric bicycles currently racking up sales on Amazon. The good thing about these $600-$700 e-bikes is that they help bring the fun and fitness aspects of electric bikes to customers who can’t afford models costing several times these prices. But keeping the universe in balance is the bad side,…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 3:17 am GMT0Comments

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Hummingbird Flax plant-based electric bike weighs just 10kg (22 lb)

There are lightweight electric bikes and then there are really lightweight e-bikes. But the new Hummingbird Flax folding e-bike is even lighter than those. At just 22 lb. (10 kg), this plant-based e-bike isn’t just friendly to your back – it’s apparently vegan-friendly as well. A plant-based e-bike? The company says that the Hummingbird…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 2:16 am GMT0Comments

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After Bolt abandoned thousands of e-bikes, help is on the way

Earlier this month we covered the bizarre story of the sudden death of an e-bike rental company. The shared mobility brand Bolt Mobility apparently shuttered operations overnight, leaving thousands of e-bikes and e-scooters abandoned in cities across the US. The move was all the more puzzling as these vehicles likely totaled hundreds of thousands…

ByNews RoomNov 11, 2022 1:15 am GMT0Comments

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