Capital plans crackdown on big, fast e-bikes

Beijing's municipal legislature plans to revoke the business licenses of retailers found selling electric bikes that break speed and weight limits set by the government.

A draft regulation on the management of such vehicles that was discussed by the Beijing Municipal People's Congress on May 30 says the "authorities will publish a list of e-bikes that meet the national standards, which means those that fail to be put on the list should not be sold any longer in the city".

The city government plans to implement a range of measures to deal with the problem of fast, oversized e-bikes, which have been identified as a threat to public safety.