Rad Power Commits To Using Only UL Approved E-Bike Batteries & Components cleantechnica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cleantechnica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rad Power Bikes will only make UL-certified e-bikes going forward after a series of deadly fires spurred New York City to require the safety standard for all battery-powered bikes.
A version of this article ran in the July 2023 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News.WASHINGTON The last time the Consumer Product Safety Commission took an in-depth look at its bicycle safety regulations, it was the mid-1970s and the industry was just emerging from that decade's bike boom. The agency had only been launched in 1972.
Rad Power Bikes backpedals out of Europe and lays off employees again geekwire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geekwire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rad Power Bikes is shutting down its Europe and UK operations to focus on US e-bike sales. The company will lay off 40 people, its fifth round of layoffs in recent years.