Wheel-E Podcast: Rivian e-bike, free e-bikes, and more electric ride news

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Urban Arrow and Aniioki, Rivian’s ALSO bike is almost here, Colorado’s wild “free e-bike” saga, NYC wants fast e-bikes gone, Paris wants to paint scooter riders yellow, HMP Lightning Mk.II electric scooter, and more.

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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the Wheel-E podcast today:

• Rivian’s long-delayed ALSO e-bike is only delayed a little bit longer
• Urban Arrow enters the longtail cargo e-bike market in US with its new Breeze
• Aniioki’s latest 6,000W dual-motor e-bike blurs past the line so much it’s basically an electric motorcycle
• The strange story behind Colorado’s ‘no catch’ free e-bike company
• NYC declares war on fast e-bikes, sends cease-and-desist letters to Amazon and Walmart
• Paris now requires electric scooter riders to wear high-vis vests or face fines
• HMP’s new $3,999 electric scooter is the affordable, street-legal commuter the US needs

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 9:00 a.m. ET (or the video after 10:00 a.m. ET):