Electric bike

IWATA, Japan (BRAIN) — Yamaha Motor Co. has agreed to buy Brose's e-bike drive unit subsidiary.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Gary Fisher's e-bike startup brand Morelle Bikes will debut at the Sea Otter Classic next month, Fisher told BRAIN during the opening day of the Taipei Cycle show.

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes named Kathi Lentzsch its new CEO. She comes to Rad Power from Bartell Drugs, where she was CEO from 2018 to 2020.

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes announced that CEO Phil Molyneux will leave the brand and also confirmed its sixth workforce reduction, with this round affecting its direct-to-consumer sales staff as it continues to pivot more toward Rad Retail and local bike shops.

OTTOBRUNN, Germany (BRAIN) — Porsche eBike Performance GmbH announced Tuesday it will build a battery production facility in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, that will open next year.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (BRAIN) — A Maryland state senator introduced a bill in January that would have required e-bikes to be registered and titled but later amended it to eliminate those requirements.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The import threshold exemption cited most often as a loophole for allowing e-bikes and lithium-ion batteries to enter the U.S. marketplace without scrutiny no longer will apply to those products valued at under $800 coming from China beginning Tuesday.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — The city's free e-bike and battery trade-in program has started for eligible food delivery workers to exchange uncertified devices to reduce fire hazards.

CHICAGO (BRAIN) — Radio Flyer is expanding its independent bike dealer network by hiring Justin Gottlieb as e-bike sales director and adding several sales agencies.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — One of the first moves by Pedego’s new CEO, Larry Pizzi, will be to set up a program allowing Pedego dealers to access other brands of e-bikes for the first time.

(BRAIN) — Tern has opened its first European distribution office in Cologne, Germany. Tern Zentrale will stock the urban mobility company's full range of bikes, accessories, and parts.

LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Segway is accepting pre-orders for its two new e-bikes and offering more details about each at the CES consumer electronics trade show, running this week in Las Vegas.