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Monday, 30 April, 2012
New rules on e-bikes come into force
Do you own an electric bike? If you do you’ll be one of an increasing number here in Switzerland. Sales rose 22 percent last year. With more and more people using them the Federal Council decided it was time to review the rules. They come into force tomorrow. To find out more about these changes and what’s driving the boom of electric bikes in the country, WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Pete Mijnssen, editor-in-chief of Velojournal and member of the board of Pro Velo:
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Resubmitting - looks like there was a hitch first time:
Interesting, we just published an article on the global market for e-bikes in the Geneva-based IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission <www>) monthly magazine e-tech (http://www.iec.ch/etech) if you want to add the link to this page it’s at: http://www.iec.ch/etech/2012/etech_0412/ind-1.htm You might be interested to read in the same issue that many standards for the maritime industry originate here in Geneva…
Best wishes
mf
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