Electric Bikes

Electric bikes & scooters to be required to have license plates?

Knesset committee approves regulations requiring license plates for electric bicycle and scooter riders.

In Israel, electric scooters may soon need license plates

Bill requiring electric scooters and bicycles to carry license plates approved in preliminary reading.

Netanya woman hit by electric bike suffers severe head trauma

First responders save middle-aged woman seriously injured after being knocked down by electric bicycle rider in Netanya.

Lithium battery explodes, injuring 20

Fire investigator: Electric bicycle's lithium battery likely caused fire that injured 20 people.

Leading rabbi slams electric scooters: 'Murder machines'

'Those who ride electric scooters are considered as if they committed suicide,' Rabbi Ben Zion Mutzafi says.

Netanya fire caused by lithium battery

Fire which left 11-year-old severely injured was caused by an electric bicycle's lithium battery, Fire and Rescue Services says.

In a Beitar Illit apartment fire, only the tefillin survive

Electric bicycle goes up in flames, sparking apartment fire. 'Only use the original battery.'

License plates for electric bicycles?

MK Asher introduces legislation to combat 'nationwide scourge' that has claimed 26 lives so far this year.

Who's to blame for the fatal electric bike accident?

Police spokeswoman defends interrogation of youth who allowed Ari Nesher to ride his electric bike, says Nesher's parents deserve justice.

PM Netanyahu: Increase safety for electric bike users

Call for increased safety regulations for electric bikes comes after death of son of Israeli director.

Teen's hobby: Dismantling - and stealing - electric bikes

String of thefts of electric bicycles in haredi neighborhood linked to local teen.

Hit-and-run severely injures Beit Shemesh teen

2 car accidents on Saturday leave 1 teen injured in hit-and-run, and another teen dead in Netanya..

Man arrested for electric-bike DUI

A 54-year-old man in Jaffa was caught riding an electric bike after drinking a 'small glass of vodka.'

Kids under 16 banned from electric bikes

Knesset committee raises age limit for electric bikes from 14 to 16, limits power for electric toy scooters.

Electric bike riders can now get ticketed

Minister of Interior instructs municipal traffic inspectors to issue fines to electric bicycle riders for traffic violations.

Safety Enforcement: Cops Deflate Unsafe Bike Riders' Tires

Police in Israel most definitely do not want you riding electric bikes – and are coming up with creative ways to discourage their use.

E-Bikes Are on Police's Radar

No one under 14 may ride the bikes. Riders who endanger pedestrians on sidewalks may be punished.

Safety Officials Seek to Regulate Electric Bike Use

Electric bicycles, equipped with small motors, should be considered a vehicle, not a bicycle, Israeli safety officials say.