e-bikes scheme comes to the Isle of Wight

Beryl is launching an innovative scheme on the Isle of Wight to provide access to electric bikes (e-bikes) for residents who regularly travel between Newport and Cowes. The operator, who already runs the e-scooter hire pilot on the Island, is making e-bikes available in the towns of Newport and Cowes over the next six months […]

DASA searches for solutions to put a stop to e-scooter and e-bike crime

The government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for solutions, innovative capabilities and ideas for stopping or preventing E-Scooter and E-Bike enabled crime at any maturity level. This includes solutions that allow E-Scooters, E-Bikes or suspects using them unlawfully to be electronically located post event, to reduce the need for a vehicle pursuit, it […]

TfL planning to add e-bikes to hire scheme

Transport for London has announced it’s planning to add electric bikes e-bikes to its cycle hire fleet for the first time. It’s agreed an extension to Santander’s sponsorship of the bike hire network and says it is working on plans to introduce around 500 electric bikes into the scheme from next summer. It says that […]

E-Bike developer secures £1.85m from funding round

A developer of a e-bike motor, has secured £1.85m from an over-subscribed funding round. FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), will use the new investment to fund a move to a new headquarters and R&D facility in East Kilbride, Scotland and further strengthen the team with senior technical positions and assembly engineers recruited. Its e-bike transmission system is […]