LEVA MEMBER NEWS!
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Tianjin Flying Pigeon Electric Bicycle Manufacture Co., Ltd.
Lishen Battery Co. - Bronze Sponsor
LEVA Member Accelerated Systems Inc. Introduces their New Line of BAC™ Electric Motor Controllers at the Taipei Cycle Show 2012.
Read here.
LEVA Member Mio Technology announces at ISPO ’12:
Mio Cyclo Series - Bicycle navigation devices with Surprise Me-feature, easy interface and preinstalled maps. Click here.
News from LEVA Member AllCell: High Performance Electric Motorcycle Developed Based on Innovative Battery Technology.
Read press release here.
LEVA Member Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG announces the completion of the integration of Perm Motor GmbH on 1st January 2012. This process began with the acquisition of the PERM company in 2008 and now concludes with the takeover of all active business operations. Read here.
LEVA Member OXIS Energy in the news again!
Oxis Energy Ltd of Abingdon has joined forces with Induct of France to spearhead the latest technology in electric vehicles. Read here!
HUTTWIL, Switzerland (BRAIN) Jan 30, 12:32 MT—EGS Investment has acquired a 40 percent share in LEVA Member Swiss e-bike manufacturer Biketec AG, maker of the popular Flyer electric bikes. Read the full article.
Good Reading at Bicycle Dealer Magazine!
View the most recent issue of Bicycle Dealer and read LEVA Chairman Ed Benjamin's article entitled The Future is Here: Science Fiction is in Your Store Today. Click Here.
Updated Presentation on Shipping Lithium Batteries Legally by LEVA Member AllCell Technology
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LEVA's EU Partner, ETRA, Responds to the Belgian press report on two incidents with electric bicycles at Bpost, the Belgian postal services where according to the reports, the batteries caught fire but further details have not been disclosed yet. Read the full response here.
China E-Vehicle
LEVA Member Trikke Introduces New 3-wheeled LEV called the Tibred EV.
LEVA Member Susanne Bruesch Starts Pedelec Adventure Tours!
In February 2011, journalist, LEVA Member and Pedelec Adventures initiator Susanne Bruesch and German electric bike dealer Sebastian Plog set off on a cross-country expedition through Morocco’s spectacular desert and alpine landscape to show what’s possible with speed pedelecs. Their “Tour de Sahara” took them on a trip of almost 2000 km (1243 miles) over the Atlas mountains and through the Sahara desert on 45km/h (28mph) pedelecs towing solar trailers to recharge the batteries. Pedelec Adventures project, Tour de Sahara, was awarded as one of the most interesting projects in 2011. The jury of THE Spanish online magazine on e-mobility www.vehiculosverdes.com and its producers Red Giga chose Tour de Sahara because… The project presents electric bikes from a practical point of view and is a tough test for pedelec models and the technical accessories that extend the vehicles' applications. With magnificent photos, journalist and Pedelec Adventures initiator Susanne Bruesch reports about the team's riding experience and accompanies her reports with impressions of spectacular scenary and the excellent hospitality of the locals. Read more.
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LEVA Member NYCeWheels is in the NBDA News!
Chris Lesseer writes a four page spread on LEVA Member NYCeWheels and owner Bert Cebular about how he has built a $2.5 million dollar business in the New York City selling and servicing folding bikes, electric bikes and kick scooters. Visit their educationally oriented website at www.NYCeWheels.com.
Do you own a Montague Folding Bike?
Team Hybrid have designed this Patent Pending Rear Suspension Unit to bolt directly onto the Montague Folding Bikes. Any Montague Folding Bike is suitable as a donor. There is a video on the web site and you tube. In the near future, you will also be able to add a LEVA member Falco high torque electric motor. The project was started 3 years ago and it has evolved into the smart clean looking unit seen here in it's white format. They now have the last few pre-production units being manufactured before they go into full production. They will be selling the suspension unit as a kit as well as building complete bikes and now have their UK Patent and also a USA Patent Pending.
LEVA Member SRAM has revealed what it calls the E2 Electric-Assist system at Taichung Bike Week. Read more.
LEVA Member Fairly Bike is in the news at Bike Europe. The company is launching an e-bike line-up under the Fairly/Flow brand name. It's part of a bigger plan - expanding the company's role in the industry into the ODM (original design manufacturer) realm. Read more.
Member SRAM Launches E-Bike Drive System at Taichung Bike Week (November 30, 2011) by Jack Oortwijn
SCHWEINFURT, Germany - There's something very special appearing on the horizon of the e-bike market. It's SRAM's drive system for electric bicycles. The SRAM E2 Electric-Assist System is launched today at the start of the Taichung Bike Week in Taiwan. It's unlike anything available yet and is developed around two main focus points: simplicity and drive-ability. Read full article in Bike Europe here. LEVA Member Rob Cappucci says SRAM intends to be in production in April 2012.
LEVA Member and Bronze Sponsor Lishen Battery invests in their future!
Lishen will invest 100 million RMB ($15 million USD) to build the Lishen Research Institute in order to become a scientific research base with openness and patterns of innovative development. Read more here.
LEVA Member Fallbrook Expands into Asia! SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Fallbrook Technologies Inc., ("Fallbrook") developer and manufacturer of the award winning NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology, has announced an Asian expansion to meet increased demand for bicycles equipped with the company's NuVinci N360™ CVP transmission and NuVinciHarmony™ intelligent drivetrain, the world's first automatic CVP shifting system for bicycles. Read more here.
LEVA Member Tomoya Miyamura reports that Team Prominence, a volunteer group working to participate in solar car race events in Japan, is going to exhibit "Prominence Commuting Device " (P.C.D.) that is a small electromobility model at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011. The P.C.D. is a battery powered, single seat, electric vehicle that has an ultra lightweight and compact structure. Read more.
LEVA Optibike, the US based manufacturer of the world's top hill climbing electric bike, introduced their latest electric bike by dominating the field at the 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Event. The new 48v Optibike 1100R, propelled the 7 member Team Optibike to finish the world's premiere E-bike event in 1-7th places, with the 8th place electric bike taking almost 3x as long to summit the 14,110ft mountain. Read more.
LEVA Member OXIS Energy Limited and INDUCT of the United Kingdom have announced a joint collaboration to develop and launch the world's 1st commercial pure electric vehicle battery system powered by OXIS's Polymer Lithium Sulphur chemistry and technology. Read more.
LEVA Member Fairly Bike is in the news at Bike Europe. The company is launching an e-bike line-up under the Fairly/Flow brand name. It's part of a bigger plan - expanding the company's role in the industry into the ODM (original design manufacturer) realm. Read more.
LEVA Member AllCell, a Chicago start-up manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes, has landed a $460,433 grant from the state to expand its production capacity. Read the full article from Bicycle Retailer here.
