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The SunPedal Ride at Intersolar San Francisco 2018 [VIDEO]

Guest post

The SunPedal Ride is a project to raise awareness towards increasing the use of electric mobility and solar energy – a sustainability initiative.

This project was started by Sushil Reddy, who held a Guinness World Record for the longest journey on an electric bike in India in 2016.

The idea of this project was born with the motivation to raise awareness among the people in India about clean energy and transportation ensuring sustainability.

The project involves impact and outreach driven tours on solar powered electric bikes across the world while interacting with people throughout the journey.

During his rides, Sushil encourages people to use renewable energy, highlights the importance of sustainable solar energy and electric transportation, including global trends of solar energy, and how people can integrate solar energy into their lives.

This is done via personal interactions, seminars & presentations, demos of solar products and media outreach. [Read more…] about The SunPedal Ride at Intersolar San Francisco 2018 [VIDEO]

Electric Bike Grant Gets Great Response From Swedish Public

By Richard Schrubb

Cities and countries around the world are facing a dual problem: their transport infrastructure is becoming congested and that is causing pollution that in turn poisons the population and is adding to humanity’s contribution to climate change.

One solution has been to encourage businesses and the general public to use electric cars, vans and trucks.

Overall the take-up has been encouraging with growing numbers going electric both in logistics and among private individuals.

Though this is helping clean up cities’ air and may well be reducing global carbon emissions to some extent, electric car, truck and van subsidies are not reducing congestion that is one of the major factors behind cities’ bad air.

Could subsidising e-bikes be the answer to this issue? [Read more…] about Electric Bike Grant Gets Great Response From Swedish Public

Research Finds eBiking Replaces Car Trips

By Richard Shrubb

A report for the Portland, OR based National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) shows that e-bike users are increasingly replacing car use with e-bikes. 

The research published last month found, “The majority of the utilitarian trips (i.e., errands and commutes) being made by e-bike are replacing motor vehicle trips, which signifies an impressive decrease in vehicle miles traveled.”

The research involved a survey of 1,759 e-bike users and owners across the United States, and it also found that people who might not use traditional bikes due to age and physical disability are using e-bikes, and that there is a perception of increased safety on e-bikes.  [Read more…] about Research Finds eBiking Replaces Car Trips

Police Departments Using Electric Bikes as the Best Tool for the Job

By Richard Shrubb

E-bikes in law enforcement?

Police departments around the USA are starting to see the benefits of e-bikes. 

There have been a number of incidents when police officers on e-bikes have secured arrests where police cars haven’t been able to get to the situation as quickly. 

Police Officer Benjamin Tseng of Federal Way Police Department (near Seattle WA) recounted, “in the very first week we were trialing e-bikes we arrested a wanted felon who had gotten away from officers a couple of weeks prior. When he was spotted, a patrol car pulled up and the subject quickly walked away, trying to blend into a busy parking lot. The patrol car was stuck in traffic but an officer with the ebike was able to zip through traffic and catch up to the subject and arrest him. The subject later admitted he never knew an officer on a bicycle was behind him.” [Read more…] about Police Departments Using Electric Bikes as the Best Tool for the Job

A Ride A Day Keeps The Doctor At Bay

By Richard Shrubb

Could a ride a day keep the doctor at bay?

New research from the University of Birmingham in England suggests that intense exercise can slow down most of the problems associated with aging.

It is never too late to get on your e-bike, as starting at any time in life can help to reverse some of the problems associated with old age.

Lead researcher Professor Janet Lord, Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Director of the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, published the research in the journal, Aging Cell this month.

She told the Electric Bike Report, [Read more…] about A Ride A Day Keeps The Doctor At Bay

Could Electric Bikes Be Killing Off America’s Car Addiction?

By Richard Schrubb

Research published in September last year suggested that US e-bike users may use their cars less, and many do this to help fight Climate Change. 

The study, “Differences of Cycling Experiences and Perceptions between E-Bike and Bicycle Users in the United States” was published in the Sustainability scientific journal.

The researchers asked 806 online respondents a range of questions related to their e-bike use. There were three groups – conventional bicycle only owners, a second group who had both an e-bike and a a bicycle, and a third group who only had an e-bike. 

Electric Bike Report spoke to one of the researchers on the project, Ziwen Ling of the University of Tennessee about the findings of their report.  [Read more…] about Could Electric Bikes Be Killing Off America’s Car Addiction?

JUMP! The Rise of Dockless Electric Bike Share Systems

By Richard Schrubb

Dockless e-bike sharing programs are landing in major cities around the US and the rest of the world.

A development from the dockless traditional bike market, they both compete favourably in cost with public transport, and due to their range with private car use in many cases.

The media likes a good bad-news story and due to the stacks of dockless bikes left in major cities, there’s a bit of a hurdle to jump before such schemes become widely accepted – and loved – around the world.

Brooklyn, NY, based Jump Bikes is a development of Social Bikes, a traditional bike sharing scheme that has been running for nearly eight years and now has connections to 40 territories around the world.

There are now nine Jump Bikes e-bike sharing schemes in the US, Canada and Europe, and the company is running a pilot with Uber in San Francisco.  [Read more…] about JUMP! The Rise of Dockless Electric Bike Share Systems

Should Electric Bikes Be Subsidized Like Electric Cars?

-By Richard Shrubb

Could government subsidies get more people on e-bikes?

A number of European countries have begun schemes to pay towards the cost of new e-bikes.

In Sweden there is a 25% subsidy for all e-bike sales until 2020.

A UK campaign is growing in strength for their government to do the same. Importantly incentivizing people into buying e-bikes isn’t just to support the industry (as many governments subsidize the oil and gas industry for example).

Let’s look at the reasons that e-bike tax breaks or government grants could get people out of their cars and onto their electric bikes.  [Read more…] about Should Electric Bikes Be Subsidized Like Electric Cars?

A Pro Cyclist’s Perspective on Electric Bikes – Interview with Rahsaan Bahati [VIDEO]

Rahsaan Bahati is a seven-time US championship professional cyclist who currently provides coaching to bike racers and supports inner city youth with his Bahiti Foundation. 

And he is all about eBikes! 

I had a chance to interview Rahsaan about his 21 year racing career and get his perspective on eBikes.

Also, Rahsaan recently received a custom Raleigh Redux iE with drop bars to fit his racer riding style as he commutes around the Los Angeles area. The included video will give you a closer look at this speedy eBike!
[Read more…] about A Pro Cyclist’s Perspective on Electric Bikes – Interview with Rahsaan Bahati [VIDEO]

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