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Waltham Forest Council has secured £150,000 funding for a new fleet of 28 e-cargo bikes, to support more zero-emission bike-based services across the borough. The council plans to use the funding to expand the e-cargo bikes available to the zero-emission delivery (ZED) scheme, increase e-cargo bike transportation for waste and …

Voi has teamed up with Google in select cities around Europe, enabling users to find e-scooters, check their status and plan multi-modal trips all in the Google Maps app. Voi’s offering will now be displayed on Google Maps in more than 22 cities, allowing users to plan trips more easily …

Zipp Mobility has closed a €1.3 million funding round, securing a total of €500,000 from two prominent angel investors, including Barry Maloney, €250,000 from Enterprise Ireland and raising €562,000 through a crowdfunding campaign on the Spark Crowdfunding platform. Earlier this year, Maloney was appointed chairman of Workhuman, the HR technology …

Spin has reaffirmed its commitment to become carbon negative by 2025 by investing in two new e-cargo bike trials in Essex. In Colchester, working with a new local community-based initiative – the Colchester E-Cargo Bike Delivery Project – Spin is trialling an e-cargo bike delivery service to replace and recharge …

HumanForest has raised £2.3 million at the close of its pre-series A funding round. The company, founded by former-Cabify lead Agustin Guilisasti and backed by Cabify founders Juan de Antonio and Vicente Pascual, has announced the funding ahead of its launch in London this September. HumanForest e-bikes operate a unique …

Voi has raised $45 million in a Series C extension round led by The Raine Group. The funding will help Voi invest in building a sustainable company that will continue to ‘revolutionise’ urban mobility over the coming decade. This brings the total Series C funding raised by Voi to $205 …

Nico Law introduces Polish e-bike manufacturer EBFEC as it seeks new distribution deals ‘An electric bike for every customer’. This is how Nico Law, EBFEC’s general manager, defined his brand in a brief and powerful statement. “We want to make e-bikes that everyone can afford, ride and enjoy,” said Law. …

Nottingham-based e-bike company WAU has opened a new factory in Essex as the firm continues to expand to meet ‘surging’ demand. The site, which officially opened for production last month, is based in a central point for the firm in South Woodham Ferrers. After taking more than a year to …

E-bike sharing app HumanForest has partnered with digital wealth manager Nutmeg. The deal will see Nutmeg benefit from HumanForest’s advertising-led revenue model, where consumers receive an advert from partners before and after using a HumanForest e-bike. This model allows customers to ride for free for ten minutes each day and …

A study by Bosch eBike Systems has revealed that over half of UK adults (55%) are considering purchasing an e-bike. The study polled over 2,000 people across the UK on their perceptions of e-mobility and how these have changed since the start of the pandemic. 32% said they would use …