Author: Editor

Published on 19/02/2026

Edward Benjamin Chairman, Light Electric Vehicle Association Senior Managing Director, eCycleElectric Consultants Thursday, February 19, 2026. Every Year, since the late 90’s, I have done whatever I needed to do to attend this show. When I was just starting in my consulting business, I winced at the strain on my credit cards. I flinched at the long airplane […]

Published on 23/10/2025

Chairman Edward Benjamin LEVA is starting a new activity. We are going to recognize individuals and companies that have been important in the development of the electric bicycle industry more or less every newsletter. Being westerners, we know more about what has happened in the USA and EU. But we respect and look for chances […]

Published on 23/10/2025

LEVA has been interested in, and not very good at, recognizing the contributions of industry players for more than a decade. One of the challenges is: There are so many to recognize! So, we have developed some categories for the awards: I don’t know them all, and I am biased towards my friends and clients. […]

Published on 23/10/2025

This is a scary time for all of us in the bicycle and ebike industry.  While politicians blather about returning production to the USA, and create tariffs that jack up prices of what we sell … most of us know that it would take decades to return such production to the USA, and even if […]

Published on 11/09/2025

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Published on 04/09/2025

In the last few years, an big challenge for anyone trying to understand the dynamics of the ebike market. Or make a decision on what to buy.  With the success of ebikes in the USA (and the western world) it seems like hundreds of new players are jumping into the market. So I decided to […]

Published on 28/08/2025

Annick RoetynckManaging Director LEVA-EUAugust 20, 2025 I recently had the privilege of spending some time in Japan. While there, I came across the YamahaPAS. This electric bicycle is nothing less than the very origin of the European legislation governingnot only EPACs, but all electric cycles. Back in 1999, the European institutions were drafting Directive2002/24/EC on […]

Published on 24/04/2025

At the moment, April 11, 2025, the news and how it affects the USA bicycle industry is scary and seemingly the “end of everything. “ We are faced with unprecedented challenges, and huge threats to our profits, employment, and peace of mind. I am old enough to remember more than one time when all seemed […]

Published on 24/02/2025

Free Webinar, March 6th, 1PM EST Presented by Ed Benjamin & Jonathan Weinert, eCycleElectric In this seminar, attendees will learn about key trends in the E-bike market based on eCycleElectric’s recently published “Electric Bike World Report – North America,” including an analysis of the latest 2024 import data. Attendees will also learn about the important […]

Published on 08/01/2025

Happy New Year all! 2025 is going to be a great year for us all. I am extremely proud of the growth and success that LEVA has experienced in 2024. And I am proud of the work that LEVA-EU has done in Brussels. Much of this is due to the expansion of our industry. Sales […]