Electric bike

Posted August 25, 2025

MÜHLTAL, Germany (BRAIN) — Riese & Müller informed retailers Monday morning that it is unable to ship e-bikes to the U.S. because of the new U.S. import rules placing a 50% tariff on steel used in e-bikes.

Posted August 22, 2025

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BRAIN) — The state's first solar-powered e-bike charging and rental station opened in Somerville on Thursday that's part of a collaboration between Metro Mobility and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

Posted August 20, 2025

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — Firefighters extinguished a lithium-ion battery fire Sunday in the cellar of a Queens home operating as a battery repair business, according to the Fire Department of New York.

Posted August 18, 2025

LAKEWOOD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Tern Bicycles is collaborating with used e-bike marketplace Upway to offer a trade-in program at U.S. dealers.

Posted August 6, 2025

IRVINE, Calif. (BRAIN) — The National Bicycle Dealers Association is calling on manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to adopt UL standards for e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries, and other e-mobility devices.

Posted July 24, 2025
Also, two senators want answers on why the CPSC's e-bike and lithium-ion battery testing standards proposal was not published for public comment.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a federal judge's ruling reinstating three Consumer Product Safety Commissioners fired by President Trump in May.

Posted July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — After initially declining to issue a recall, Shenzhen Fengqisi Car Industry Co. Ltd. of China will recall about 100 FENGQS F7 Pro e-bikes sold on Amazon because of fire and burn hazards from the lithium-ion battery that can result in serious injury or death.

Posted July 23, 2025

UTICA, N.Y. (BRAIN) — eBliss Global plans to invest more than $4.1 million in an e-bike assembly and logistics factory here, the company announced Wednesday.

Posted July 10, 2025

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — Giant Bicycle is recalling about 6,200 Momentum Vida E+ e-bikes because a faulty steerer tube poses a fall hazard. Four cases of a broken steerer tube have been reported, but no injuries resulted.

Posted June 30, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams wants a 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes, e-scooters.

NEW YORK (BRAIN) — The 2026 city budget approved last week includes creating the Department of Sustainable Delivery within the Department of Transportation to regulate e-bikes and comes a few weeks after Mayor Eric Adams said he is implementing a new 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes and e-scooters.

Posted June 26, 2025

Pat Cunnane says when a product sold by a third-party seller proves hazardous, marketplace platforms like Amazon too often dodge the responsibility for recalls, leaving consumers vulnerable and recalls ineffective.

Posted June 18, 2025
Mary T. Boyle.

BETHESDA, Md. (BRAIN) — A federal judge reinstated three Consumer Product Safety Commissioners fired in May by the Trump administration after they objected to staff cuts and sued nearly two weeks later for unlawful dismissal.

Posted June 18, 2025

WASHINGTON (BRAIN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a safety warning to consumers to stop riding FENGQS F7 Pro e-bikes because of fire and burn hazards, posing a risk of "serious injury or death."

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