VanMoof is an Amsterdam-based electric bike company. VanMoof was founded in 2009 by two Dutch brothers, Taco Carlier and Ties Carlier. The company has grown its bike community to 200,000 electric bike riding communities by their strong efforts and innovations in this e-bike market. VanMoof is now one of the fastest-growing vehicle production companies in the EU.
The company has a strong market in some European countries but they want to go global by setting an ambitious target of production and delivery of 10 million e-Bikes in the upcoming 5 years. Asia-based private equity firm Hillhouse is also playing its major role in this round of funding for the VanMoof company.
At first, the company was successful in raising a $40 million investment back in mid-2020. This year in 2021, VanMoof company easily raised almost $128 million. The strong funding around the production of one person only driving vehicles like e-Bikes is also due to the post-Covid world where lots of world population is still experiencing a fourth deadly wave of Covid 19 cases and elevated death risks in rushy traveling alternatives like metro like rapid transit services where lots of people remain in extremely proximity during the travel procedure. The company has identified that restrictions and potential dangers of the current deadly wave of the covid pandemic have forced the general public to reevaluate their traveling choices.
VanMoof has offered VanMoof S3 & X3 electric bikes for the next generation e-bike experience. They have become a powerful brand in Duch electric market. They have regarded both their e-bike S3 & X3 electric bikes versions two most powerful electrical motors and latest mechanical parts and software and hardware technologies.
VanMoof has pledged that this EU biggest funding round will be used not only for acceleration of e-Bike production but also the reinvention of ways hardware and software work together for more speed, functionality, and efficiency in electrical power used for the propulsion of these electric bikes. The company R&D department noticed the popularity of electric bikes in US markets after the Post Covid 19 pandemic era. They have estimated that the global value of the electric bike market will reach a whopping $48 billion around the year 2028 when all other vehicles which run on gasoline and other fossil fuel alternatives will be in sharp decline due to the global deadline of 2030.
The VanMoof is unique in the electric bike-making industry in that it has consolidated all the departments under the hood of the same company. That is the reason why this company tightly controls all the cycles of the manufacturing supply chain and customer services. They have earned lots of awards along with their innovative career.
Some awards are given below.
- Wallpaper Design Award
- Innovation by design 2017
- Fast Company Award
- Red dot
- Red Dot Red Dot Design Award
- Gizmodo
- Gizmodo Staff pick
- Wired recommends
- Wired Wired Recommends
VanMoof has shown the potential of growing rapidly in global markets as right now the company has Its offices in 50 cities around the world.
Ideas related to electric bikes are not new. From the 1890s, lots of U.S patents were filed regarding e-Bikes. After every passing year, lots of enhancements were made like torque sensors and power controls were invented. Yamaha also presented its version of electric bikes back in 1989 and developed the pedal-assist system for them. Major Chinese cities saw the growth of e-Bike adaptation rates up to 20 percent by 2007.
Lots of models are introduced up till now. Electric bikes or e-Bikes differ from electric motorcycles as electric bikes have pedals that can be used by the rider manually by their legs.
Due to some legal complications which arose due to the popularity of electric bikes, e-Bikes were then decided into two majors types.
- With pedal assist mechanism for manual control of the bike by the rider.
- With power-on-demand like any other electric motorcycle.
The Popularity of these electric bikes has increased with time. It is reported that a total of 700,000 electric bikes were sold in Europe. Almost 2 million units of electric bikes are purchased in Europe in the year 2019.
Electric bikes have shown the increase in physical activity in its users as it encourages bike riders to keep active therefore e-Bikes are considered as a healthy alternative of cars and their close all automatic counterpart electric motorcycles.
Currently, the transport sector is directly responsible for 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Due to almost zero fuel emissions, electric bikes are considered very environmentally friendly zero-emission vehicles. Governments and local authorities are car-free infrastructures in a more cycle-friendly environment.



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