System that limits e-bike speeds will be tested on Dutch roads

E-bikes like the Stromer speed-pedelec can go 45 km/h (28 mph) unchecked. | Image: Stromer Schiphol Airport, located just outside of Amsterdam, is preparing to test a new system that automatically slows the fastest electric bikes as they approach. The bikes, known as speed pedelecs, or s-pedelecs, are capable of going 45 km/h (28 mph) and would be slowed to the speed of regular bicycles as a matter of safety, reports Het Parool. The assurance of slower speeds could eventually allow s-pedelecs f