Electric bike
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.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BRAIN) — A woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rad Power Bikes and an authorized dealer in Florida after one of the brand's e-bikes ignited in her garage and killed her husband.
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.
OTTOBRUNN, Germany (BRAIN) — Citing "fundamentally changed market conditions for e‑bike drive systems," Porsche AG announced Friday it is closing its e-bike subsidiary Porsche eBike Performance GmbH.
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Specialized Bicycle Components told its U.S. and Canada retailers Tuesday it is permanently lowering prices on its entire Turbo Levo e-bike lineup, with MSRP reductions from 6% to 27% and wholesale pricing drops of 3% to 27%.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BRAIN) — Light Electric Vehicles Manufacturing, part of the Life EV Group that acquired Rad Power Bikes in March, purchased a 100,000-square-foot facility in Algood that will serve as the assembly, distribution, and eventually the manufacturing center for the brand.
HONOLULU (BRAIN) — New Jersey's passage of a bill requiring license, registration, and insurance for low-speed e-bikes and high-speed e-motos raised concern among the industry that other states would follow.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (BRAIN) — A mother has been charged with felony child endangerment after her 14-year-old son riding an e-moto critically injured an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran. It's the latest arrest of a parent in California for allowing access to an e-moto that resulted in a crash.
OAKLAND, Calif. (BRAIN) — The state attorney general and three district attorneys issued a joint consumer alert about e-motos and the difference between them and low-speed e-bikes.
MARTINEZ, Calif. (BRAIN) — Prosecutors in California have charged a mother and father with child abuse after their child crashed into a vehicle in Walnut Creek on their e-moto and was seriously injured.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BRAIN) — Life Electric Vehicles CEO Rob Provost has high expectations for Rad Power Bikes after officially acquiring the beleaguered brand for $13.3 million March 5. And he's looking farther ahead.
WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Two industry research groups have shared estimates of the number of e-bikes the U.S.

