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It started as one of the most talked-about e-bike deals in the country. Colorado residents could get what was advertised as a “free” electric bike by applying the state’s e-bike tax credit, with Bear Trail Bikes matching the discount. Customers were generally left paying little more than sales tax.

For many riders, it sounded too good to pass up.

If you are like most people and currently drive a gasoline-powered car, the pain is about to become even worse. US government officials have warned that gas prices are expected to rise further as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz continue to disrupt the global oil supply.

While we can’t control geopolitical events, we can control how much gasoline we actually need to buy. And that’s where e-bikes come in.

Back-to-school season often means shopping for backpacks, notebooks, and maybe even a new ride. For a growing number of families, that ride is an electric bike.

And I’m all for it. Giving teenagers the freedom to get themselves to school, sports practice, or a friend’s house without needing a car is one of the best things e-bikes can offer. But just like we’d encourage a new driver to wear a seatbelt, young e-bike riders should be equipped with the right protective gear too.

If you’ve spotted one of Monarc’s new e-bikes, there’s a good chance one of your first thoughts was, “Wait… did they install the fork backwards?”

Micromobility regulation continues to tighten in New York City, and now Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking aim at the online retailers that have become a major source of high-speed electric bikes and scooters.

Fat tire e-bikes have become synonymous with rugged adventure. Browse the category and you’d think every 20-inch fat tire bike is destined for sandy beaches, forest trails, or rocky singletrack. In reality, though, most of them spend their lives on city streets, bike paths, and neighborhood roads.

That’s what makes the Batch Bicycles eFT.3 refreshing. Instead of pretending to be an off-road machine, it embraces what many riders are actually looking for: a comfortable, practical commuter that happens to ride on fat tires.

When Juiced Bikes unveiled its new generation of Scrambler models earlier this summer, the company hinted that an even longer-range version was on the way. Now it’s here.

Juiced has officially launched the dual-battery version of its Scrambler Hardtail, giving riders a claimed range of up to 120 miles (200 km) while keeping the same moped-style design that has made the Scrambler one of the company’s signature models – and the first model to relaunch the brand’s second act.

New York City lawmakers are preparing what could become one of the most sweeping overhauls of e-bike regulations in the city’s history, unveiling a package of 17 proposed bills aimed at tightening oversight of electric bikes, scooters, and other micromobility vehicles.

If there’s one trend that has defined the direct-to-consumer e-bike industry over the last few years, it’s the relentless race toward bigger numbers. Bigger batteries. Bigger motors. Higher top speeds. And now Aniioki has unveiled what may be one of the most extreme examples yet.

The company’s new A9 Pro Max Dual Motor 2.0 arrives with up to 6,000 watts of peak motor power, a claimed top speed of well above 50 mph (80 km/h) depending on the version, and battery options topping out at a staggering 5 kWh. Those numbers go beyond just big e-bike figures and pass well into legitimate electric motorcycle numbers.

The largest electric bicycle company in the US, Lectric eBikes, has just hit a pair of dizzying milestones. The much-vaunted e-bike maker reached $1 billion in sales on its e-commerce platform yesterday and sold its 750,000th electric bicycle. And perhaps even more stunning, it landed those two feats on the same day.

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 e-bikes from VW and Specialized, a Huffy kids’ e-bike, Veo adds a three-wheeler to its shared micromobility lineup, we tested the new Juiced Scrambler, Anyland Rev Pro HMP launches 75 mph Flash e-scooter, and more.

Juiced Bikes is one of the most recognizable names in the history of electric bikes in North America. Long before e-bike classes and speed limits became commonplace, the company built a loyal following with powerful bikes that blurred the line between bicycles and mopeds. But after the brand collapsed in 2024, many assumed Juiced was destined to become little more than a nostalgic footnote.

Now it’s back under new ownership, and after spending several days riding the new Juiced Scrambler alongside Juiced’s fearless new leader Austin Gomes, I came away thinking the company is now going beyond trying to recapture the past. Instead, it’s trying to redefine what a legal, street-ready moped-style e-bike can be.

For many parents, the idea of buying an electric bike for their kid might initially seem unnecessary. After all, didn’t we all grow up pedaling regular bikes without a motor?

But the more you look at today’s generation of young riders – and the role that e-bikes can play in getting them outside – the more compelling the argument becomes. Huffy is betting on exactly that with its Quantis Kids eBike, a 24-inch electric bicycle designed for riders aged 12 and up.

If you’ve spent any time in a city with shared micromobility, you’ve probably seen fleets of rental e-bikes and e-scooters waiting on street corners. But one company is betting that the next evolution of shared transportation isn’t just another bike or scooter – it’s an electric trike.

London’s Metropolitan Police have already confiscated more illegal e-bikes and e-scooters in 2026 than during the entirety of last year, as authorities continue an aggressive enforcement campaign targeting illegally modified micromobility vehicles.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a new statewide framework for micromobility that could finally bring clearer rules to everything from e-bikes and e-scooters to higher-speed electric motorbikes capable of reaching 30 mph, 40 mph, and beyond.

Specialized is pushing the lightweight e-MTB segment even further today with the launch of the new S-Works Turbo Levo R Ultralight LTD, a premium electric mountain bike that tips the scales at just 18.8 kg (41.4 lb) while still packing the company’s latest full-power drive system.

One of the easiest ways to get my attention is to slap the word “premium” on an affordable e-bike. Sometimes it’s justified. Other times it’s… aspirational.

There are few recent advances in the transportation industry that have had as large of an impact on the shifting ways we travel around our cities than micromobility. I’m talking bikes, scooters, mopeds, self-balancing doo-hickeys, etc.

And there are a lot of hills I’m willing to die on in the micromobility world. But one of them is that we need to stop defining such vehicles by what they look like and start defining them by what they do.

Segway has made major strides in the e-bike space recently, but the company isn’t done expanding its electric bicycle lineup just yet.

Following the launches of the Myon commuter e-bike and MUXI cargo bike earlier this year, the company has confirmed to Electrek that it plans to unveil two additional e-bike models before the end of 2026, with both expected to become available in the third quarter. 

Volkswagen is expanding its presence in the e-bike world with a new lineup of premium electric bicycles developed under license by n+. But instead of chasing ever-bigger motors or batteries, the new models are leaning heavily into automotive-inspired safety technology, packing in an impressive suite of connected features aimed at making urban riding safer.