Electric bike

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission said last week that importers of regulated consumer products like e-bikes and other e-mobility devices must submit compliance certificates electronically before their products enter the U.S.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission's e-mobility device and lithium-ion battery testing standards proposal finally is available for review and comment, more than a year after approval by a commission that's since been dismantled and a new procedure created by executive order that contributed to the delay.

SHEFFIELD, U.K. (BRAIN) — Decathlon Pulse, the investment unit of the French sporting goods retailer Decathlon, and BA Capital, a Shanghai, China-based venture capital firm, have each acquired shares in Brompton, the UK folding bike brand.

FRANKFURT (BRAIN) — Rad Life Mobility is exploring purchasing QuietKat, a development which comes three months after the subsidiary of Life Electric Vehicles Holdings acquired Rad Power Bikes.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (BRAIN) — A Florida man is suing Amazon and a Chinese direct-to-consumer "e-bike" brand sold on its website for injuries and damages after the battery exploded and caused a residential fire two years ago.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Amazon no longer is selling e-bikes shipped to California that exceed the state mandated maximum speed of 28 mph following a TV station's investigation.