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Riding Bicycles will be Safer with Driverless Cars. Jace Hobbs Cars don’t kill people, drivers do! Fear not the driver-less car, bike riders. We tend to forget that the net connectedness of things adapts to all things. We are becoming … Continued

In a long and exhaustive survey of ebike technology and models available in NZ today, Auckland Council officials picked the our electric bikes as the ebike for their new 2016 fleet. We at Kinetic can think of no better testimonial … Continued

One little known fact about ebikes is there are recognized experts that lead tech development. These leaders create a lot of copy-cat companies that follow along and make products that look similar to the creations of the leaders. Kinetic ebikes … Continued

After an extensive consideration process, our Kinetic ebikes were the winners in the NZTA e-bike fleet decision. Both Auckland and Wellington offices of the NZTA put out separate calls for consideration in their ebike fleets, and of the entrants, our … Continued

Kinetic equipped ebike wins 2015 Sun Trip 7000 km Race Congratulations goes to Bernard Cauquil (54) in his decisive win at the world’s longest ebike race.   The race goes from Milan to central Turkey and back with several waypoints. Bernard … Continued

Electric Bike Hub director Jace Hobbs attended the Smart Transport Forum in Auckland this August. This forum is put on by the Sustainable Business Network and is their first focusing on transport solely. In the past, this subject had been … Continued

The Care and Feeding of your Electric Bike Lithium Battery. You are the new owner of a 21st century transportation marvel:  your lithium bike battery. Understanding how to charge and care for the lithium polymer battery is easy, but it … Continued

If you are looking into electric bikes, you will hear a lot of claims about the range of pedal-assisted bikes. It seems that each supplier is claiming that their bike will go further and further. Isn’t there some sort of … Continued

Myth 1. At some point,  toxic lithium batteries will just end up in a landfill. Companies are forming now to recycle the valuable rare earth and other minerals contained in lithium batteries. They not only are very recyclable but they … Continued

One of the sad realities in life besides death and taxes is the performance degradation of batteries in cold weather. Check with battery salespeople about cold weather and you will hear how they are busy with sales at the beginning … Continued

Many of us just can’t see past the era of the petrol automobile, but fortunately some can. I am sure when we look back on this era, we are going to shake our heads in disbelief. Today, our transportation system … Continued

 We are fueled by the sun with our lithium powered steeds. We ride fast, even uphill!  We are the new wave of E-bike riders that the roadways have never seen before. We have to accept that we are going to … Continued

John in Christchurch has sent in this report about the distance traveled on each light with the new 15 amp hour eZee battery. I think it is instructive re the variability of the voltage drop and shows you can’t always … Continued

You will hear ardent advocates of electric assist e-bikes with rear wheel, front wheel or mid-drive systems. Rear wheel advocates claim the riders weight is more pressed on the drive wheel. Front wheel drive advocates note the corrective steering benefits … Continued

E-bikers in New Zealand have a good lot. The far thinking transportation  ministry has given a lot of latitude in the definition of a bicycle and we e-bikers ride on powerful and swift little motorcycles, legally. The legal limit of … Continued