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Lime, positioned as “the world’s largest shared electric vehicle company”, has announced record unaudited financial results for 2024, The results are said to reflect “continued operating and financial momentum as the company executes against its mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free”. Full Year 2024 …

Lime has announced a £20 million five-point London Action Plan, designed to help improve e-bike parking, encourage cycling safety and boost cycling rates across the capital. They say the move comes as demand for e-bike hire has increased at a rate that exceeds the current parking space available in London’s boroughs, …

The Fatbike Market Monitor 2024 published by Marktdata.nl confirms, once again, that consumers in the Netherlands are searching online en masse for fat bikes with too much motor power, too high a maximum speed, and with a throttle and tuning capacity. The report further shows that consumers are increasingly ordering …

Segway, a global leader in the micromobility transportation solutions and robotic service industries, has assembled a dedicated electric bike (e-bike) division in the United States to support the upcoming launch of its first two e-bikes as well as future cycling products. First previewed at CES 2024, the Xyber and Xafari …

Lime, one of the world’s largest operators of shared light electric vehicles, has announced its transition to HVO100 Drayage vehicles for its European shipments and logistics from port-to-hub. HVO100 meets the EN 15940 European quality standard for paraffinic diesel. Starting in June, the two distribution agents, Alblas and NeeleVat, have …

Besides numerous new schemes, among others in Poland (Metrobike in the Upper Silesian Region) and Spain (TUeBICI in Santander), Nextbike has also entered three new markets this year. In recent months, the European market leader has brought its mobility solutions to Greece, Kosovo and Portugal. Moreover, a tender to expand …

The OurBike scheme, which offers electric cargo bikes for hire for just £3 an hour, currently has 45 OurBikes available for hire across 11 London boroughs and one in Saffron Walden. OurBike aims to not only provide an alternative solution to a car but also aspires to enable better community …

Lime is the first of a series of organisations to sign up to the Sight Loss Council e-bike charter created by blind and partially sighted volunteers. The charter calls for operators, local authorities and governing bodies to sign up to Sight Loss Councils’ six key principles. This is to ensure …

Brussels, Belgium, headquartered Cowboy is promoting a highly personalised opportunity to experience its bikes, with the brand’s “Ride with us” test ride experience. “Ride with us” seeks to make a strong, positive, differentiating, brand statement, elevating the service above the more typical, ‘find time to go to a bike shop, …

Winners of a £1.4 million competition to transform the transport sector, grow the economy and inspire innovation have been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT). Organisations and academics with innovative ideas were able to win up to £45,000 in funding to offer sustainable, forward-thinking alternatives and contribute to the …