{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Weekly Recharge from Electric Bike Report","title":"E-Bike Sales Drop 90% in New Jersey + ALSO’s TM-B Ships | TWR Ep. 97","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4026,"description":"This week on The Weekly Recharge, we’re talking about the major fallout from New Jersey’s new e-bike laws, where some bike shops are reporting e-bike sales drops as high as 90%.\nWe break down what the new registration, insurance, and licensing requirements mean for riders, dealers, rentals, and the broader e-bike industry — and why clearer regulation separating legal e-bikes from high-speed e-motos matters.\nWe also cover the Rivian spin-off ALSO beginning shipments of its first TM-B e-bikes, along with the company’s new $150 million funding round and its bigger plans for small electric vehicles and autonomous delivery platforms.\nPlus, we discuss Accell Group’s bankruptcy, new e-bike models from Cube, our Rider of the Week, the return of e-bike trivia, recent Electric Bike Report reviews, the Mineral Belt Trail in Leadville, Colorado, viewer questions, and this week’s best e-bike deals.\nLet us know in the comments: do you think New Jersey’s new e-bike law went too far?\n👕 Merch + Rider of the Week\nRiders highlighted during the Rider of the Week section get a free T-shirt! If you’ve been mentioned in this or any previous episode, and you haven’t received your t-shirt, fill out the form below so we can ship it to you!\n👉 Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/t9o6SHE3aTp7hvmW9\n👉 Merch Shop: https://shop.electricbikereport.com/\nDeal Links:\nVelotric GoMad - https://ebrdeals.com/Velotric-Gomad\nLectric XPedition2 Dual-Battery - https://ebrdeals.com/LectricXPedition2\nHeybike - https://ebrdeals.com/HeyBikePromos\nMokwheel - https://ebrdeals.com/MokwheelPromos\nRecent Reviews:\nRide1Up Portola 02 - https://electricbikereport.com/ride1up-portola-02-review/\nPuckipuppy Poodle - https://electricbikereport.com/puckipuppy-poodle-review/\nPedal Electric All Wheel Drive S - https://electricbikereport.com/pedal-awd-s-review/\nE-Bike Trail System of the Week:\nMineral Belt Trail, Leadville Colorado - https://www.traillink.com/trail/mineral-belt-trail/\nBikes Discussed in this Episode: ...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7GQ6yx_heaZ8i1kYiryNdi2tlCYjNBATnpyd94bBPw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNDQz/ODg3MTg5ZmMxZjMy/NDZhN2I3Y2RmNzVj/ZDUwNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}