Voi has said London’s e-scooter scheme is the “worst out of over 100 cities in Europe” where it operates. CEO and co-founder Fredrik Hjelm said the heavily regulated e-scooter trials “cannot compete” with the capital’s rental e-bikes, which are, “unregulated with e-bike companies able to deploy as many bikes as they like, wherever they like”. London’s e-scooter trial is currently operated by Voi and Lime, but Hjelm said Voi may have “no option” other than to withdraw fro...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Dott’s chief executive has said the firm received "so much negative feedback" about its e-bikes when they operated in London, due to geofences which “make absolutely no sense for the user.” Speaking to City A.M., Henri Moissinac said a lot of Dott's e-bike users would be riding, “and then suddenly they bump into some artificial barrier between two boroughs and they are absolutely furious about it.” The firm took its 2,500 e-bikes out of London last month, moving them to Paris and Ro...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
A new report commissioned by micromobility company Lime analysing shared e-bike parking in London has called for increased parking provision, saying a higher density of parking bays should be available in areas such as commercial centres, transport hubs, and high streets. The report, by transport consultancy Steer and titled ‘Changing Spaces: How to solve London’s shared e-bike parking challenge’, identified more than 750 parking locations across 11 boroughs which it says can provide ad...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Dott is taking its e-bikes out of London, saying the capital’s bike rental market is “totally out of control”, according to the Evening Standard. The firm said the ‘failure’ to regulate the capital’s rental e-bikes in a similar way to e-scooters “made no sense”, and was bad for business and users. The firm is removing its 2,500 bikes from the capital, which will be sent to Paris and Rome.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
E-scooter operator Dott has pulled out of London. Echoing comments made when it removed all of its e-bikes from service last year, the brand blamed the “rapid and unregulated rise of e-bikes,” which it says makes it impossible to run a financially sustainable shared e-scooter service. Last year Dott removed its 2,500 bikes from London and moved them to Paris and Rome. Chief executive Henri Moissinac cited the large number of London share scheme operators as motivation, pointing in particu...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
With proposals for new EU batteries regulations currently being discussed, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) has called for them to contain clear rules on e-bike battery replaceability. The body has also warned owners against having batteries repaired. While e-bike batteries typically last 7-10 years – significantly longer than other products, such as mobile phones whose batteries tend to last on average 3-5 years – the industry is now at a point where growing nu...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Batteries are at the heart of many aspects of modern lives. They power our phones, from 2035 they'll power our cars - and quite often they power our bikes too. Every battery does the same basic thing, but the difference between them is huge. In the same way that LEDs quickly became the only option for bike lights, lithium-ion is now completely dominant when it comes to e-bike batteries. (Pi-Pop's supercapacitors being an exception.) It's the same technology you’ll find everywhere from your ...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The Trace is Raleigh's lightest e-bike yet and their first foray into using the well-regarded Ebikemotion rear hub system beloved of lightweight hybrids and e-road bikes. So how does it stack up on road and trail and against the competition? The spec The Raleigh Trace is clearly a well-made e-bike as even the quickest inspection reveals. Whilst the frame might not have the lovely polished, invisible welds of some others, it certainly looks the part, my test model coming with a lustrous light ...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The 2022 version of the Specialized Como, as tested here, is virtually a new e-bike compared to the previous version. Whilst it is still a city bike rather than one geared towards out and out sporty performance, Specialized have emphasised comfort and convenience even more - most noticeably by bringing in a totally new frame design with a lower step-over height to make the bike even easier to get on and off.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Bordeaux based Gouach is to make its “fireproof” e-bike battery directly available to consumers. The Gouach Infinite Battery is said to be compatible with 90% of e-bikes and is designed to be repairable by owners themselves. As we reported last year, with more and more owners finding themselves in the position of needing to replace worn-out old e-bike batteries, Gouach has decided to challenge this model of obsolescence with a solderless design that allows worn-out cells to be easily repl...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Charity Electrical Safety First (ESF) has said it’s concerned “incomplete” kits are leaving consumers to fit incompatible batteries and chargers, increasing the risk of fire, the BBC has reported. Product safety engineer Giuseppe Capanna said that some parts might be missing when people buy kits online. “They might include the motor, and the controller, but won’t always include the two most important bits - the battery and charger. That leaves it to the consumer to work out which pr...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The Bicycle Association (BA) has said retailers “need to be ready to explain” how reputable e-bikes and batteries are safe, with most now refusing to work on unbranded or unknown battery packs. E-bikes and e-scooters have become the capital’s “fastest growing fire risk”, according to the London Fire Brigade, however many of these have involved second-hand vehicles, or the bike has been modified using parts bought online. There have been reports that some insurers are declining cover...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Privately-owned e-scooters are now set to be legalised - but they aren't legal yet. In fact new legislation has been pushed back again and again and again. So when it comes to e-scooters, what is legal and what is illegal right now? A blanket ban on riding e-scooters on UK roads and cycle lanes was lifted in July 2020 to allow for trials of rented scooters covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy. These rental schemes, which are being run by a number of operators in towns and cities up and...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
With e-bike and e-scooter fire safety hitting the headlines recently (including several times here at ebiketips), you might be forgiven for thinking that light electric vehicles are inherently dangerous. That's far from the truth. As we noted in our article on e-bike batteries, "... just 0.011% of bikes and scooters on the market set on fire last year." That said, there is clearly an emerging problem at the cut price end of the market with cheap and potentially unreliable batteries and charge...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Ever wished that you could ask your e-bike a question and have it answer you at excruciating length in a drab monotone? Well wish no more! Allow us to introduce you to the Urtopia X ChatGPT. Mercedes-Benz recently announced that it would integrate ChatGPT into the voice control of its vehicles. Urtopia has now made a similar move with a new e-bike, integrating the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with its own voice recognition system.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Drone manufacturer DJI has expanded into the world of electric bikes and their motors. The new DJI Avinox mid-drive motor offers 108Nm torque and 850W peak power in a compact unit weighing just 2.52kg. It will be equipped on a brand new e-bike brand, also from DJI, called Amflow. The Amflow PL electric mountain bike weighs a claimed 19.2kg with a 600Wh battery, which makes this offering even more intriguing, and quite competitive compared to some of the best electric mountain bikes on the mar...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
A full-suspension urban e-bike? Apparently that's a thing, according to Orbea| Latest from off-road.cc
Crowdfunding campaign went live on 11 June, and the target was reached in 10 minutes| Latest from off-road.cc
Eurobike 2025 didn't disappoint. Although it felt like there was more mountain bike and off-road stuff than ever before, there were still plenty of electric bits to get excited about. From super lightweight electric road bikes, to possibly overpowered urban bikes, we've put together a round-up from the last week in Frankfurt. A DJI-powered urban e-bike?! If you don't live on the internet or have much of an interest in electric mountain bikes, you might not know that Chinese drone brand DJI cr...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
London e-bike firm Forest is to use AI technology to review photos of its users’ parked e-bikes. The tech will score the bike as parked ‘well’, ‘satisfactorily’ or ‘poorly’. If parked ‘poorly’, the user will be prompted to repark it into a ‘better’ position. Forest, which rebranded from HumanForest earlier this year, partnered with Captur AI to design and implement the technology, which it says will improve its users’ adherence to parking regulations across the capital.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
90Nm and 700W unit has a lot of grunt for heavy touring bikes, but it's still nice and quiet| Latest from off-road.cc
Households in London with two or more cars should be giving up on-street spaces for hire bike bays, according to electric bike provider Forest. The hire bike provider's head of operations Will Jansen has made the case to The Times newspaper, arguing there is "more room to challenge car owners in London" and that "more pressure could be applied to car owners to free up some of this space". Forest is hoping to add another 2,000 bikes to its fleet, having already got 15,000 shared e-bikes availa...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Spanish electric bike drive system manufacturer Mahle, has launched a new system called the XS. It is compatible with previous X20 and X30 motors, and eliminates the need for an internal battery, instead, using a "compact" eX1 exernal battery as the sole power source. With the X20 motor the entire system weighs just 2.5kg, and can apparently generate as much torque as a "55Nm mid-drive." It's already available in the market for brands to take advantage of, and can even be used to transform an...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Spanish electric bike drive system manufacturer Mahle has launched its latest hub-drive motor: the X30. It comes two years after the launch of the X20, and sits in the middle of that and the popular X35 system. The X30 System is for “riders seeking enjoyment and functionality”, so let’s see what that translates to in practical terms. The X30 System At just 1.9kg it’s a pretty light motor, although you will find some lightweight mid-drive motors hovering around that level now too – a...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Spoiler alert! Those watt and torque ratings for e-bike motors that are bandied about all over the place (and I am as guilty as the next e-bike journalist here) are not as simple as they seem. Whilst UK and EU law says 'the maximum continuous rated power output of the motor shall not exceed 250 watts' you will often see peak power ratings at several times this on fully legal motors. This is naturally confusing - torque ratings are also widely quoted to further muddy the technical waters. Here...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Mahle, the German brand renowned for its hub motors, has entered the mid-drive motor market. The M40 comes with some pretty impressive specs, with 105Nm of maximum torque and 850W peak power - something that rivals the recent offerings from Bosch, Specialized and almost DJI. The new motor also signifies Mahle's intent to wrangle its way into the electric mountain biking segment - something the old X systems failed to do.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils are reportedly seeking to put in place a pan-London micromobility scheme for both e-bikes and e-scooters, that would mean consistency of scheme design/rules, tighter controls, improved parking compliance, better user behaviour and improved safety. The contract is likely to become operational by early 2026, according to Hounslow Council documents that have been shared on X (Twitter). The proposed TfL contract will cover both forms of micromobility...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
If you ditch one of your cars for a cargo bike, you'll be quids in in no time. We do the sums...| Latest from off-road.cc
It may take a while, but e-bike batteries do deteriorate over time. Here we take a look at the various options if yours is old and worn-out. Is it always realistic to follow the latest industry advice that a defective or end of life battery should be replaced by, “an authorised technically identical battery”? Batteries are the most expensive 'consumable' on an e-bike, replacement ones typically costing several hundred pounds. A new Bosch 625Wh PowerTube battery will cost around £770, for...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
New higher-capacity quick-release battery options with bigger range and USB-C phone charging| Latest from off-road.cc
Don’t suppose we can really call it a single-speed at this point| Latest from off-road.cc
Shift4Good, the global impact venture capital fund focused on sustainable transportation, recently announced a major investment in lithium-ion battery repair and maintenance. A round of equity funding that also included Fair Capital Impact Fund and Goeie Grutten Impact Fund has resulted in a €6m investment in Dutch battery repair specialists, Nowos. Founded in 2019, Nowos started by repairing batteries for e-bikes, e-mopeds, and scooters from major European operators including Swapfiets, Do...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Ebiketips reviewed the 'base' model of Specialized's Turbo Vado SL range back in 2020 and deemed it an enjoyable bike for an active cyclist. "If you’re after some fun and lighter assistance, it’s one for the shortlist," concluded Dave. Here we try the latest fully equipped version, the Turbo Vado SL 4.0 EQ, with the same Specialized lightweight mid-drive but in its fully-equipped, commuter format, with gearing and braking bought up to date too. The SL stands for 'super light' in contrast ...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
We’ve reported on a number of e-bike battery fires in recent times, many off the back off London Fire Brigade’s Charge Safe campaign which was launched in response to rising numbers of e-bike and e-scooter fires in the capital. While the campaign warns of batteries and chargers that do not meet UK safety standards as well as the dangers of sourcing replacements online, this is broad advice and therefore does not necessarily reassure. In this article, Ben Mowbray of E-Bikeshop gives us the...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new enforcement policy for dockless rental e-bike and e-scooter parking, which it says will help streets, “remain safe and accessible to everyone”. The capital's largest operator, Lime, says the move, "underlines the urgent need for increased parking areas across the capital" - particularly around transport hubs.| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
With 4in wide tyres and full suspension, Engwe’s Engine X can happily tackle some rough terrain, so it’s not just for the urban dweller, while its pokey motor means that it’s a capable climber wherever you are. The ride position is very high though, which makes for tricky handling, and its overall weight makes it a tricky beast to live with at slow speeds, which limits your ability to get the most out of it. Ride I’m not going to beat around the bush here, the Engine X is a bit of a p...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The Giant Explore E+ Pro 1 GTS is a beauty to ride! It feels rock solid and stable on whatever terrain you are on, and it’s just so versatile. The best bit about it though is the motor system. It’s punchy yet very smooth and incredibly responsive – plus the battery range is phenomenal. Frameset - tech specs The Explore E+ Pro is based around an ALUXX aluminium alloy frame, available in two sizes of medium and large (other models are available in more sizes) – which according to Giant...| electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips