Gogoro Inc, a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, has raised another US$300 million (NT$9 billion) as it looks to further expand to new regions and product ...
Tags: electric scooters, battery
Nanyang technological unibersity, which has steadily been expanding since its 2011 founding, is establishing an international consortium to develop materials and processes for sporting goods products. Founding members of the NTU's ...
Tags: materials, sporting goods products
Dorel Industries reported that its Recreational/Leisure Segment lost $5.4 million after mostly non-cash restructuring charges that reduced its overall earnings by about half. Dorel warned investors in early February that continued ...
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Utility bike maker Handsome Cycles is now offering a line of parts and accessories to its dealers. The parts are notable for their lack of obvious branding, the company said. "Our branding is our lack of branding," the company said in a ...
Colorado brewer Oskar Blues, which also owns a small custom bike brand, Reeb, is opening a combination restaurant and bike retail space here later this year. "The CyclHOPS Bike CAN-tina" will offer tequila and Southwestern food ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
Stepping out of the exhibit halls in the courtyards at the Messe Friedrichshafen — the massive expo center that hosts the Eurobike show — you take some risks. The courtyards have smoking zones that get ample use. They also ...
Tags: Transportation
Almost a year and a half since Shimano acquired Dutch company BikeFitting.com, the components giant gave a peek at its upcoming fitting system at Eurobike.? Set to begin rolling out at the end of the year, the system, which consists of a ...
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Folding bike maker Dahon has entered into a licensing agreement with Ford Motor Co. to produce a complete line of Ford-branded bicycles. The line of folding and electric bikes for adults and children is expected to launch in 2014, with ...
Tags: Bike, Folding bike, Transportation
French bike brand Lapierre has launched a new website?for its recently formed North American division. The site is home to North American product offerings, technology, team information, a dealer locator, consumer blog and monthly ...
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The Bethel, Connecticut-based bike maker is waiting until after its global sales meeting next month here at Deer Valley to reveal much of its 2014 lineup. Still, Cannondale has some goodies to show PressCamp editors. The Synapse ...
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As the popularity of motorcycling continues to grow, more women are learning to get their motors running and head out on the highway. Industry experts say that about 12 percent of all riders are now women, drawn by the same combination of ...
Tags: Motorcycle, Auto
After years of managing its Trek University retail training program in-house, the bike maker has partnered with online training provider Sparc to a create more streamlined and accessible training platform for Trek retailers and their staff. ...
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Exhibitors at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show like to talk about the “family” of artisan builders, and in some cases the familial relationship is literal. The show floor at the Colorado Convention Center included ...
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Bike shops near Boston were closed Friday morning during a manhunt for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. Landry's Boston store was closed, while the retail chain's locations in Natick, Norwood and Westborough were open, ...
Tags: Bike shops, Bike
One of Bike Europe's business relations mailed us the two disclosure documents after we published last Thursday that the European Commission's Directorate-General (DG) for Trade is keeping the lid on its findings in three investigations; ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping Duty, China Imports, bike