ElectricBikeChina

How cool are electric bicycles? Not all that cool, according to traffic authorities in China, where the number of e-bikes climbed from 50,000 a year ago to maybe 120 million today. That's an absurd adoption rate, and there has ...

Someone thought there were too many electric bicycles in the southern China city of Guangzhou, so officials banned them. Now tens of thousands of commuters are left walking, finding a traditional bike, or buying a car. Officials apparently don't want the electric bikes becoming the "main mode" of ...