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%.
We 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.
We 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.
Plus, 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.
Let us know in the comments: do you think New Jersey’s new e-bike law went too far?
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Velotric GoMad - https://ebrdeals.com/Velotric-Gomad
Lectric XPedition2 Dual-Battery - https://ebrdeals.com/LectricXPedition2
Heybike - https://ebrdeals.com/HeyBikePromos
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Recent Reviews:
Ride1Up Portola 02 - https://electricbikereport.com/ride1up-portola-02-review/
Puckipuppy Poodle - https://electricbikereport.com/puckipuppy-poodle-review/
Pedal Electric All Wheel Drive S - https://electricbikereport.com/pedal-awd-s-review/
E-Bike Trail System of the Week:
Mineral Belt Trail, Leadville Colorado - https://www.traillink.com/trail/mineral-belt-trail/
Bikes Discussed in this Episode:
ALSO TM-B - https://ridealso.com/products/tm-b-performance
Cube Editor & Supreme - https://www.cube.eu/e-bikes/trekking/city
Specialized Turbo Vado 3 X - https://electricbikereport.com/specialized-turbo-vado-3x-review/
Specialized Turbo Vado 3 EVO - https://ebrdeals.com/SpecializedTurboVadoSL6
Aventon Level 4 REC - https://electricbikereport.com/aventon-level-4-rec-review/
Velotric Discover 3 - https://electricbikereport.com/velotric-discover-3-review/
Monarc Tracer - https://electricbikereport.com/monarc-tracer-review/
Email questions to: questions@electricbikereport.com (or comment on this video, we love comments)
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - News Of The Week
01:25 - News about the recent New Jersey e-bike laws
07:45 - ALSO announces new Series D financing
13:00 - Raleigh's parent company declared bankrupt
16:50 - New Cube e-bikes!
20:46 - Rider Highlight
23:25 - Trivia Time!
33:54 - Currently Testing & Recent Reviews
34:59 - E-Bike Trail Systems
41:28 - Questions & Comments
41:35 - Why do we call "SUV Bikes" like that?
46:20 - Why didn't we do the Brake Test on the Turbo Vado 3x 5.0?
49:45 - Why don't we compare bikes when doing individual reviews?
56:38 - Specialized Turbo Vado 3x 4.0 vs 3 EVO 5.0
01:02:36 - Deals Of The Week
01:05:49 - Wrap Up
01:06:14 - Bloopers!