The bike industry is dominated by supplying companies like no other industry: Supplier R&D departments usually define new standards for the manufacturers’ bikes, supplier brands help to sell. The problems for manufacturers are obvious.

Cties like Oslo, Madrid, Milan, Brussels, Helsinki, Athens & Copenhagen pledged to ban or reduce diesel cars and adopt alternative ways of transportation within the next 5-10 years. Private companies are also setting up car-free projects. For example, BMW is creating a ''Hyperloop'' for bikes & e-bikes where riders will be cycling under a clear ceiling. All these examples showcase that cities are already implementing a strategy where combustion cars shall be replaced from various kinds of light vehicles, such as e-scooters, three-wheeler and bicycles.

Scooter sharing initiated in San Francisco about 5 years ago. The past 2 years has been a tremendous growth. Nowadays there are around 30 cities with scooter sharing schemes and the majority of them are located in Europe.

Thanks to COMODULE’s sharing technology and Kumpan’s Electric Scooters, the German energy supplier Energieversorgung Oberhausen AG is now offering vehicles for rental! Everyone who is at least 18 years old, has a driving license of class B, a smartphone and a bank account, can enjoy the ride with the orange-coloured e-scooters.

COMODULE participated in the Connected Cyclist Conference, organized from European Cyclists Federation and ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club). Kristjan Maruste, COMODULE’s CEO, participated in the Panel discussion regarding Smart Integration from & Into the Bike. Together with Jim Meyer from Quarq & Dirk Sandrock from Momes, they shared their learnings about smart product development, as well as the new monetisation opportunities which arise.

The lightest e-bike systems for city bikes launches integrated smart features. Ansmanns’ new battery management systems provide a Bluetooth interface powered by COMODULE. User, bike manufacturer and Ansmann will leverage from the connected platform consisting of the smartphone application and the cloud based analytics and notification dashboard.

Klever Mobility Europe GmbH has presented their 2018 product series at the company’s new HQ in Cologne, Germany. Ever since being founded in 2011, the subsidiary of Taiwan-based Kymco has focussed on offering ‘car converts’ an alternative for their daily commute in urban areas.

Munich based e-bike system supplier Fazua trusts in connectivity solutions from COMODULE. With its unique detachable system design and selected digital features powered by COMODULE, Fazua Evation is considered to be 2018's most innovative drive system on the market.

BMZ GmbH integrates additional connectivity solutions for the BMZ Drive System. A smartphone is used to link the E-bike to an intelligent network. This brings new features to the vehicle like social media community interactions.