Electric Bike News

Last Updated: 11-26-2021

Electric bike bargain hunters, rejoice. Black Friday and Cyber Monday — the yearly shopping season’s Super Bowl weekend — are drawing near. The team at Electric Bike Report is keeping tabs on some of the most popular e-bike brands on the market and publishing their best Black Friday and Cyber Monday e-bike deals below.

Can’t find the deal you’re looking for on your favorite e-bike? Bookmark this page and stay tuned. We’re publishing markdowns as they are made public, and it’s our experience that the best deals are usually announced in the days just before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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E-bike’s are casting their net far and wide this week to include: another small-wheeled e-bike – but this time one that can carry everything but the kitchen sink, an electric balance bike for children, all that’s new in the world of battery tech, Cowboy’s new callout service for those in major cities, bike paths and new trails and finally the creation of new electric micromobility giant. That has to be one of the most varied news mixes we’ve had for a very long time.

In this week’s news::

• KBO’s small but capable e-cargobike
• PWR launches electric balance bike for kids
• Battery recycling and safe storage program for e-bike shops to roll out early 2022
• New lithium and supercapacitor tech
• Cowboy Care will come to you
• Infrastructure bill promises more bike lanes
• New York State’s Dryden Rail Trail a step closer to completion
• Tier buys Nextbike to hugely expand electric share capabilities

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Once upon a time any bike you would see with small wheels was more than likely going to be a child’s bike. The advent of e-bikes has, in recent years, changed all that. Rather than being seen as child’s toys, small wheeled bikes – and e-bikes in particular – are clearly hot sellers.

It’s not just fashion either as small wheels have clear advantages. The bikes are easier to store, the small wheels accelerate quickly and make the electric acceleration even more fun, not to mention the fact they make the bikes more maneuverable too. This week’s small-wheeled e-bike launches are from longstanding US e-bike concerns Propella and Juiced and the latter also see the small wheeled phenomenon as appealing to younger e-bike riders in particular – it’s often wrongly assumed e-bikes are only for middle-aged or older riders. Whatever the reasons for their current popularity, expect to see more small-wheeled e-bike launches in future.

In this week’s news::

• Mini – the new pint-sized e-bike from Propella
• Juiced RipRacer – big fun in a small package
• Bafang’s new hub tech now available and mid-drive success
• New Brooklyn Bridge cycle lane boosts cyclist numbers
• Cannondale’s US and Euro expansion

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After five years of design and waiting, Evelo’s newest electric bike is finally rolling into the limelight.

Evelo announced its new Omega model on Monday, an all-new addition to their lineup that sports a retooled 750W mid-drive motor, the ultra-cool Enviolo AutomatIQ CVT drivetrain and a fully-integrated battery.

The Omega is Evelo’s new flagship e-bike that will eventually replace their ever-popular Aurora model. At first glance, the new Omega has a sleeker, more updated look over its predecessor thanks to the integrated battery (a first for Evelo) and fresh design, but we’ve been told the bike received much more than just a visual makeover. Under the hood, Evelo has retooled its 750W mid-drive motor to be higher performing and more powerful than the Aurora. It has an option for an add-on battery that would further increase the Omega’s range.

The Evelo Omega, but a new angle.

While you can preorder the Omega now, Evelo says they don’t expect the bike to start hitting the U.S. until early 2022. Evelo has promised that Electric Bike Report will get one of the first Omegas to arrive in the country for a full review, so stay tuned for that. But until then, keep reading for a first-look at the new e-bike.

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This week brings news that there may be hope for those who want an ultra-light, ultra-compact electric bike … as long as you’re willing to look a little ridiculous while riding it.

The 30% e-bike tax credit looks to be back on after another round through congress. We’ve also got some very new and very cool eMTBs from Trek, news that Rad Power Bikes may or may not have a Scrooge McDuck-style swimming pool of cash and a patent on a cardboard box that bike industry wonks are reading like a Ouija board

In this week’s news::

• The (allegedly) world’s smallest rideable e-bike
• The proposed e-bike federal tax credit is back to 30%
• Trek releases new Rail eMTBs
• With another $150 mil investment, Rad Power becomes “most funded electric bike company in the world”
• Camelbak & Lifestraw team up for filtration bottles and packs
• Trek files patent for apparent D2C bike box

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This week shows just what variety there is in the e-bike world. The UK’s Revolution Works has come up with an e-bike that looks both affordable and light (the two don’t often go together in the e-bike world). Over in the US solar power pioneer Sushil Reddy is part way through an epic solar-powered e-bike trip, whilst Terra Trike recumbents have launched another more powerful Bosch-powered range of electric-assist bikes for e-bikers who fancy rolling along in a laid back kind of way.

In this week’s e-bike news:

• Whippet from Bristol, a lightweight and affordable city e-bike
• Sunil Reddy’s 6,500 mile solar e-bike trip
• Terra Trike recumbents now offer Bosch Cruise Line mid-drive option
• Hiplok crowdfunding for ‘angle-grinder resistant’ D-lock
• Pendix’s new chain free modular drive system
• People for Bikes summit coming soon
• California Governor vetoes pro-bike stop sign law

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More speed is all the rage this week, with both Super 73 and Van Moof high speed models featured. What’s becoming increasingly clear is that many players in the e-bike world feel that restrictive speed laws and city infrastructure are holding things back. Some feel that more liberal speed regimes could help many countries achieve net-zero pledges by removing internal combustion engines more quickly (especially the case when most electric cars in the western world still cost many tens of thousands of dollars).

Hence Van Moof accompanied the announcement of the development of its new high speed model with these words; ‘the VanMoof V will have integrated speed settings to match your country’s regulations. However, this bike has the technology and capacity to hit speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour or 37 miles per hour. As it stands, local regulations across the world cap the top speed of this category. But in the long term, we need much bigger thinking.’ Clearly some e-bike companies see the decline of the internal combustion engine as a massive opportunity.

• Super73’s more affordable high speed model the ZX
• Van Moof developing new high-speed, high-tech model
• Amcargo – affordable Danish e-cargobikes for the UK
• Chevrolet’s big battery problems draw to a close
• NYC’s boom in electric personal transport

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