Reviews, comparisons and news covering electric bikes and electric scooters, including recalls, battery safety standards and pricing.
Cargo e-bike sales keep climbing, but the real story isn’t families ditching cars entirely. It’s households cutting one car from a two-or-three-car fleet, and the math behind that swap deserves a closer look.
Gazelle USA recalled Urban Arrow cargo e-bikes on October 1, 2026 for a seat post bolt that can break. Unlike this year’s battery fire recalls, this is a mechanical fall hazard with a free, simple fix.
Rad Power Bikes, once North America’s largest e-bike brand with more than 350,000 units sold, told employees in late 2025 it faced significant financial challenges requiring operational cuts. That warning wasn’t isolated. Accell Group’s bankruptcy, a German component supplier’s insolvency, and founders returning to steady struggling companies all point to the same underlying pressure reshaping…
Accell Group, the Dutch parent company behind e-bike brands sold across Europe and beyond, became defunct on August 11, 2026, after years of mounting losses. The bankruptcy has thrown retailer ordering decisions into chaos right as the industry enters its annual window for planning next year’s model lineup. Riders with an Accell-brand e-bike now face…
Late-summer sale events are flooding e-bike and scooter listings with markdowns right now, from major retailer anniversary sales to direct manufacturer discounts. Not every advertised percentage off reflects a genuine price cut. Some listings simply raise a reference price before applying the discount, a pattern worth recognizing before treating any single sale badge as a…
British e-bike maker FLIT just unveiled the M2i, a fully equipped folding electric bike weighing 13.3 kilograms, or about 29.3 pounds. Most folding e-bikes on the market today weigh considerably more once a motor and battery get added. That weight gap changes how a folding e-bike actually gets used day to day, not just how…
Battery fires dominate e-bike safety coverage, and for good reason. But 2026’s actual recall record tells a broader story. Trek and Electra recalled bikes for a wheel bolt defect. Specialized recalled models over a chain guard fall risk. Segway recalled roughly 220,000 scooters for a folding mechanism failure. None of these involved a battery at…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a recall in late January covering roughly 19,890 Trek and Electra e-bikes after federal regulators found a bolt defect that could cause the rear wheel to detach while riding. The recall covers specific 2026 models sold between April and October 2025. Most owners can identify an affected bike…
A new 25 percent tariff on standalone e-bike battery packs from China took effect in 2026, layering onto an existing 25 percent tariff on complete China-sourced e-bikes. Budget brands are responding by sourcing components from multiple countries to manage cost. That shift is quietly making Class 1, 2, and 3 labeling less reliable than it…
California’s SB 1271 took effect January 1, 2026, requiring e-bike batteries to meet UL 2849 or an equivalent standard. New York City takes a different approach entirely. Most coverage treats both cities as enforcing the same rule. They aren’t, and that distinction changes what a shopper should actually check on a listing. Why California And…
