Member Benefits
When you join the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA), you contribute to the LEV industry's combined effort to promote the use of electric bikes, scooters and three-wheelers around the world. You and your company benefit. By also joining ETRA, you specifically support EU regulatory improvements, LEVA's partner for all EU related legislation.
LEVA will make introductions of LEVA members to other LEVA members upon request. Contact sidneyk@LEVAssociation.com
What does
company membership include?
- Participation in our member’s only discount shipping program (USA only)
- Participation in LEVA Member Time Payment consumer-commercial loans program (USA only)
- 5% discount for certification and testing from LEVA Member ACT Lab (CEN EPAC, EN15194)
- Free insertion of your company logo on the LEVA Member Roster with a direct link to your website.
- Free insertion of your company’s contact details in the LEVA’s membership list on the website also with a direct link to your website.
- Free publication of your company news on the LEVA website.
- Reduced rates for participating in the promotional events that LEVA organizes at trade shows including networking events, conferences and meetings.
- Free information about LEVA and its activities through our twice monthly electronic newsletter
- Free information service for all questions relating to the electric bicycle, scooter and motorcycle business sector.
- Free or reduced prices for our webinars on how to successfully sell LEVs, the technical aspects of the LEV propulsion system and how to legally ship lithium batteries.
- Free marketing support on LEVA’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.
- A sense of belonging to a community who shares your same interests.
More details:
1. NEW! USA Dealer Discount Shipping Program Launched in November 2011! Click Here! Member's Only.
2. ACT Lab offers a 5% off any LEVA member's first test booking with ACT, regardless of ticket price or test location (USA or China). For more information, please click here.
TimePayment is a financing company that specializes in product transactions with a selling price of $500 to $25,000.They offer financing solutions to retailers and dealers to enable them to offer a monthly payment option to their customers, with both consumer and commercial programs. TimePayment Corporation is proud to be accredited by the Better Business Bureau. Contact them at sales@timepayment.com or call 1-877-938-5230 and tell them you are a LEVA member. You can learn more at www.timepayment.com.
4. Check out our Free Promotional Opportunities for LEVA Members!
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LEVA Work Plan
Short Term Goals
- Promote the global LEV industry
- Become the voice of member companies
- Build our membership base
- Seek corporate sponsors in addition to membership dues
- Update website on a continual basis in response to members' interests
Mid-Term Goals
- Cooperate and participate in trade shows and LEV events to promote the LEV industry (Taipei Cycle Show, China Cycle Show, Eurobike (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Interbike (USA), ISPO (Germany), and Intermot (Germany).
- Host Member networking dinners, technical committee meetings, events and seminars.
- Build alliances with Bikes Belong, NBDA, BPSA, Electric Drive Organization, League of American Bicyclists, Extra Energy, SMEV, ETRA and other international organizations.
- Provide a forum for the exchange of non-competitive information and a place for member to member business advancement opportunities.
- Foster volunteer committees to address areas of interest of members (Performance Standards, North American Legislative, Promotion & Education)
Longer Term Goals
- Become a technical center for guidance and advice on regulatory developments.
- Become a research and statistical center, publish reports, and provide reports on LEVs.
- Develop standards in service, safety, quality and performance testing.
- Assess the LEVA's role of becoming an accreditation body for service qualifications either to individuals or service organizations.
- Assist in the understanding of national / regional homologation and testing requirements.
