Electric bike

In Part 2 on how to educate and supply e-bikes and services to public safety agencies, here are the questions to ask your public safety customers.

For at least one social media news cycle last summer, e-bike fans took to their keyboards in disgust when TheAtlantic.com published “The E-bike Is a Monstrosity” by Ian Bogost.

An in-depth look at how to educate and supply e-bikes and services to public safety agencies, including law enforcement.

LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Electric mobility brand Yadea will be recruiting regional distributors at the upcoming CES trade event here next month, part of an ambitious push into the U.S market.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — A National Transportation Safety Board study found at least 119 e-bike and e-scooter fatalities occurred between 2017 and 2021, and inadequate data collection from authorities makes identifying accidents involving micromobility devices difficult.

IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Association sent a letter to federal regulators this week asking that they make a statement regarding UL certification of e-bikes sold in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission urged manufacturers and importers of e-bikes and other micromobility devices to comply with relevant safety standards, including UL's 2849 standard.

PARK CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Bingham Cyclery, a 60-year-old Salt Lake City retail mainstay, is opening a location in Park City to serve a growing e-bike market.
It's Bingham's fifth location and its first in Summit County. It will stock e-bikes exclusively.

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Rad Power Bikes had another round of layoffs following two previous cuts this year. The direct-to-consumer brand did not say how many employees were let go.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (BRAIN) — Vitus, the bike brand owned by Signa Sports United, is now available directly to U.S. consumers via a dedicated website and a Utah distribution center.

MURRIETA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Pierer E-Bikes North America is tweaking its name and announced it is now importing a third e-bike brand — GASGAS — to the U.S. market.
The new name for the North American operations of Austria's Pierer Mobility AG is: PIERER New Mobility North America Inc.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Vela Bikes, an e-bike brand launched in Brazil 12 years ago, plans to move all its operations and manufacturing to the U.S. by early next year. The company is moving its headquarters to Detroit and will partner with Detroit Bikes to manufacture its bikes in the city.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (BRAIN) — Despite the hardships of losing her store to Hurricane Ian in October, Lisa Badolato said it was time to thank the Fort Myers Police Department.