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Laka announces today a Series B round of $10.4 million, cementing its role as the category-defining insurer for e-bikes, e-scooters, and sustainable transport across nine EU markets and the UK. The award-winning European green mobility insurance firm’s main offering is collective-driven insurance, with its flagship product being bike, e-bike, and e-cargo …

Fusion Media, a leading public affairs and communications agency, has been appointed as the retained public affairs agency for Modeshift. This partnership will see Fusion Media provide strategic advice, policy guidance, and Parliamentary engagement. Modeshift is a UK-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable and active travel across education, business, …

UK e-bike brand Volt has partnered with Native Places, a leading UK lifestyle aparthotel group, to offer hotel guests a unique two-wheeled EV transport option. In sharing news of the partnership, Volt points out that “the collaboration marks a major milestone in Volt’s mission to partner with the hotel sector’s …

South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard has signed up to an ambitious pledge by England’s Mayors to create a new national walking, wheeling and cycling network that will help millions more people make happier, healthier and better-connected journeys. The commitment would deliver new high-quality walking, wheeling and cycling routes to schools, …

Vok Bikes, the Estonian company behind a new generation of four-wheeled electric cargo bikes, has raised 6M USD to further expand across Europe and accelerate the shift away from vans in city centres. The Series A funding round is led by SQM Lithium Ventures, the corporate venture capital team affiliated …

Zoomo, a pure-play light electric vehicle (LEV) for commercial fleets business, has unveiled its Zoomo 1, positioned as “a new benchmark in purpose-built e-bikes for the demanding last-mile delivery sector”. Engineered from the ground up based on insights from thousands of riders and mechanics, the Zoomo 1 directly addresses the …

The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) and Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) have signed a Letter of Intent to advance the merger of the two associations. This step reflects a shared vision to amplify the voice of the European cycling industry to lead the continent’s mobility and industrial transformation. …

Fujitsu has announced the preliminary results of its field trial with Beryl, enabling the micromobility company to optimise the planning and development of new sites for rental bays across Norwich, England. Through its partnership with Fujitsu and the use of Social Digital Twin (SDT) technology, Beryl is recording double the …