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Prices for lithium batteries are expected to increase as the costs of the battery components have soared. Battery components such as Lithium Carbonate, Lithium Hydroxide, Lithium Chloride and Lithium Salt have increased by 15-25% as of 1st July. Since May 2011, the Chinese government has started to forbid the production of lead-acid batteries nationwide, causing …

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Electric bike exhibitors at this year’s Bike Expo have increased by 26% above last year’s number. In its third year, an entire hall is being devoted to e-bikes and pedelecs where manufacturers such as Kalkhoff, BionX, Haibike will be presenting their latest products. Bike Expo, the annual bike fair of Messe München GmbH, is experiencing …

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If you’ve wondered how automated electric bike wheel assembly works then you’ll want to watch this YouTube video of Holland Mechanics who have developed a special machine to build a hub wheel, fit the spokes and true the wheel. Over 7 years ago Holland Mechanics took up the challenge with Sparta for the development of …

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Derby Cycle, cycle manufacturer whose brands include the Kalkhoff and Raleigh range has experienced a revenue increase of 40% during the first half of its financial year driven by strong growth in sales of electric bikes. According to a financial report released by the German company on Monday, sales of electric bikes increased from 17,000 …

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Triginta Capital, a Düsseldorf, Germany based independent private equity partnership have created a new e-bike group by taking over a 51% stake in Clean Air Bike GmbH as well as all the shares of Velodrive GmbH and bicycle supplier Hawk Bike Entwicklung & Marketing GmbH. Stefan Schulte from Triginta, told Pedelecs: “The three companies, Clean …

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