Ride1Up Roadster V3, Talaria fire, and more

Wheel-E

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 Ride1Up, new e-scooters from NIU, Ted Cruz's war against safer e-bike batteries, Talaria MX5 fire, Gogoro's CEO resigning, and more.

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

• Ride1Up Roadster V3 launched as new low-cost belt drive e-bike with torque sensor
• NIU launches two new ultra low-cost electric scooters in the US
• It turns out cyclists actually should roll through stop signs. Here’s why
• How Ted Cruz is preventing safer e-bike batteries in the US
• In first ever documented case, Talaria electric dirt bike goes up in flames in US
• Gogoro CEO resigns amid accusations of subsidy fraud

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 7:00 a.m. ET (or the video after 8:00 a.m. ET):

https://www.youtube.com/live/PO7dcaThE98