This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new moped-style e-bikes from Electra, e-bikes and the right to repair debate, e-bike vans coming to NYC, sustainable replacement for e-bike boxes, ordering e-bikes from Indiegogo and more.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the Wheel-E podcast today:
- Why e-bike companies are fighting to stop riders from repairing their electric bikes
- Electra launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped-style bike, fits two riders
- Wide load! Extra-thick four-wheeled electric cargo bikes to replace trucks in New York
- Bye bye, cardboard boxes. Riese & Müller’s surprising new way to deliver e-bikes
- A ’90% chance of theft’ causes insurer to cancel plans for one type of e-bike
- A streamlined two-seater electric trike that looks so cool, anyone could be seen riding it
- I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. I wouldn’t recommend it
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 7 a.m. ET (or the video after 8 a.m. ET):
Author: Micah Toll
Source: Electrek