{"id":80776,"date":"2025-02-26T19:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80776"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:47:20","slug":"electric-bike-company-merges-with-integral-electrics-following-pedego-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80776","title":{"rendered":"Electric Bike Company merges with Integral Electrics following Pedego partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several well-known players in the US electric bicycle market have recently joined forces in creative ways. Electric Bike Company, known for its local manufacturing in Southern California, has just announced a major merger with Integral Electrics, an e-bike brand uniquely designing electric bicycles for women and other short statured riders.<\/p>\n

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Both Electric Bike Company and Integral Electrics have carved out interesting niches in the industry. EBC has become famous for its extremely customizable electric bicycles. Riders can choose everything from the specific paint color to the combination of components and even the material choices \u2013 locally manufactured wooden fenders, anyone? <\/p>\n

With multiple assembly locations across Newport Beach in Southern California, the local production has allowed EBC to respond quickly to one-of-a-kind builds that are designed by customers<\/a> on its website or in any of hundreds of dealer locations around the US. The extreme customization<\/a> has lent itself well to a market where customers often want to create unique bikes that show off personality and character.<\/p>\n

Integral Electrics has also found itself an underrepresented market, but this time with a focus on female riders. The brand focuses on making cycling more accessible<\/a>, regardless of a rider\u2019s gender, height, or cycling experience. The company\u2019s e-bikes are built to fit a wider range of riders, carry multiple children, and make cycling easier for everyone.<\/p>\n

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The company\u2019s founder and CEO Laura Belmar started Integral Electrics back in 2023 along with co-founder Paul Freedom, relying on her own experience struggling to find a cargo e-bike that she could comfortably ride with her children. A serial entrepreneur with successful ventures already under her belt, Belmar followed her instincts and tapped into that underserved market.<\/p>\n

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Now Integral Electrics and Electric Bike Company are merging under a single brand, with Integral Electric\u2019s designs joining the EBC family. EBC has several famous models available, but the brand has long skewed more in the direction of cruisers and comfort bikes. The addition of Integral Electric\u2019s cargo bikes and trikes will help further round out the diversity of models offered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntegral\u2019s emphasis on female riders and on cargo e-bikes is a welcome addition to the EBC family,\u201d said EBC founder and CEO Sean Lupton-Smith. \u201cWe want to stay on the cutting edge of where the e-bike market is headed, and Integral\u2019s innovative approach helps push us forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with EBC\u2019s local manufacturing, those bikes will be made closer to home than ever. \u201cBuilding in the USA also has distinct safety advantages,\u201d explained Belmar. \u201cFrom my first visit to Electric Bike Company\u2019s California factory, I have been indelibly impressed by the emphasis on quality and safety. Shipping bikes fully built and inspected is so much safer for customers. Electric Bike Company has already achieved one of our long-held aspirations. I\u2019m honored to be part of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a climate of tariff uncertainty, the ability to build and assemble bikes locally is becoming even more advantageous. \u201cAs tariffs, regulation and competition put pressure on the e-bike industry, Sean\u2019s focus on customization and safety at Electric Bike Company was prescient,\u201d added Freeman. \u201cAs we look around the industry, it\u2019s clear that he has built a business that is well-positioned to meet this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As part of the merger, Belmar will assume the role of President and Chief Commercial Officer at EBC, and Integral Electrics\u2019 Advisor Michael Edwards will join the EBC board.<\/p>\n

The news of the merger follows quickly behind another major EBC partnership that saw Pedego ink a licensing deal with the brand to leverage EBC\u2019s customization strengths to produce unique customer-designed Pedego e-bikes.<\/p>\n

In addition to rolling out EBC\u2019s Design Wall at many of Pedego\u2019s stores, allowing customers to visually construct any e-bike combination right there in real-time on a large touchscreen, the partnership adds Pedego\u2019s 150+ stores to EBC\u2019s 250+ dealer network, giving customers access to one of the most extensive e-bike sales and service networks in the country.<\/p>\n

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Several well-known players in the US electric bicycle market have recently joined forces in creative ways. Electric Bike Company, known for its local manufacturing in Southern California, has just announced a major merger with Integral Electrics, an e-bike brand uniquely designing electric bicycles for women and other short statured riders. Both Electric Bike Company and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}