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✌️ Ebike Boom II
Ebike sales soar alongside gas prices, Super73 unveils cool new motorcycle, and Apple Car team dissolves.
What You Need to Know This Week
According to AAA, escalating gas prices are “without a doubt” changing commuter behavior. Perhaps as a result, it appears the pandemic-era ebike boom is getting a second wind. “At Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof, sales over the past few weeks have been twice as high as the company’s projections.”
Both Ireland and New Zealand are slashing public transport fares to ease cost-of-living pressures.
Meanwhile America’s answer to the oil crisis may be to create a gas tax holiday. Apart from being a bad move for the environment, suspending the gas tax wouldn’t even put much of a dent in fuel prices.
Sadly, gas-guzzlers don’t just hurt people at the pump. New research shows SUVs and light trucks are 4x more likely than other cars to hit pedestrians when turning.
With oil supplies squeezed, Germany backs a plan to phase out sales of ICE cars by 2035.
The UN says people should bike more to fight climate change.
England may start to pull funding from major roads if they increase carbon emissions or don’t promote active travel.
A New York City clean-air program allows citizens to report idling trucks in exchange for a cut of the fines. One vigilante made $64k recording videos of violators last year.
On 8/30/2019 I spent the day riding my bike around NYC and recording videos of idling trucks. I recorded 16 videos. 2 were rejected. 14 summonses were issued. 1 was dismissed (BS). COVID-delayed hearings were in late 2020 and early 2021. I collected $1,187.50 for that 1 day.
— streeter🚲 (@_streeter)
1:53 AM • Sep 18, 2021
The Apple Car team has been dissolved but apparently the vehicle is still expected by 2025.
The legacy of Covid open streets continues, with several cities in Israel announcing plans to shut down major thoroughfares to motor traffic.
How an Oregon ebiker jerry-rigged an EV charging station to charge their two-wheeler.
Super73 announced its first electric motorcycle alongside other new additions to its ebike lineup.
After 48 years at the helm, Specialized founder Mike Sinyard is stepping down and appointing former Dyson executive Scott Maguire as the new CEO.
Gogoro announced its new SSmartcore technology platform, which will result in smarter electric two-wheelers. “That means more memory, longer-distance remote monitoring, and I/O control.”
According to a new study from Zurich, car owners who also own an ebike used the ebike to replace about half the miles they usually traveled by car.
Rather than boosting EVs, the IEA’s plan to cut oil demand hinges mostly on restricting car usage and encouraging micromobility and public transport.
New York City’s long-delayed congestion pricing plan is finally expected to go into effect by the end of 2023.
AWS launched its Sustainable Cities Accelerator, focusing its first cohort on mobility and transportation.
What do churches and Silicon Valley tech campuses have in common? Sprawling parking lots are going out of fashion at both institutions.
Motto, a new ebike subscription service, has launched in Paris with $4.4M in funding. Led by Cassius Family and Founders Future.
Meanwhile Dance, another European micromobility subscription service, has raised $22M in debt financing by TriplePoint Capital.
Tembici, a LATAM bikeshare startup, saw its revenue jump 40% in 2021 YoY after it diversified its revenue streams to include delivery rentals, commuter rides, and advertising sponsorships.
The Biden administration has allocated 99% of the $30 billion for transit in the American Rescue Plan.
Next, what if the Biden administration simply paid people not to drive?
Pod People
New pod: Fresh off an $80M round, Tanguy Goretti of Cowboy talks about bypassing the bike shop world to sell ebikes directly online, US expansion plans, and why software is integral to the future of bikes.
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