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General Category => On The Road => Topic started by: quixoticgeek on 12 July, 2023, 08:46:22 pm

Title: Rad power bikes to leave Europe
Post by: quixoticgeek on 12 July, 2023, 08:46:22 pm

https://electrek.co/2023/07/10/rad-power-bikes-gives-up-on-european-e-bike-market-focuses-on-us-instead/

Rad power bikes is shutting it's European operations. So they can focus on north America.

J

Title: Re: Rad power bikes to leave Europe
Post by: T42 on 13 July, 2023, 10:18:48 am

Too many pestiferous regulations over here. Did you notice that Zuck's Threads* app isn't available here yet because of our data protection laws?

* see https://youtu.be/2q9Al0Pw03o

Title: Re: Rad power bikes to leave Europe
Post by: Mr Larrington on 13 July, 2023, 12:23:12 pm

Perhaps .fr is merely enraged that it requires both a Instagram account and an app and thus cannot be used from a Proper Computer?

Bof! – France, yesterday

Title: Re: Rad power bikes to leave Europe
Post by: T42 on 13 July, 2023, 12:49:57 pm

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 13 July, 2023, 12:23:12 pm

Perhaps .fr is merely enraged that it requires both a Instagram account and an app and thus cannot be used from a Proper Computer?

Bof! – France, yesterday

EU regs protecting the public more like.  You know, the ones the UK want to abolish.