VanMoof's co-founders have a new e-bike coming from Raleigh
The bike's development has been an open secret in my home city of Amsterdam. It's here that the brothers founded VanMoof in 2009, before the heavily-funded startup went bankrupt in 2023. It re-emerged later that year without its co-founders under McLaren Applied's stewardship.
Various prototypes of the brand-less e-bike have been spotted in and around the city over the last year — sometimes nearby the home of one of the brothers. The prototypes match images of a Raleigh-branded e-bike that recently leaked. Those images were inadvertently made public (and later removed) by Amsterdam-based Uni_verse Studio, the digital production house that lists VanMoof as a client.
The Raleigh commuter e-bike looks very VanMoof-ish, only better: the battery is removable for charging, it's belt driven, and the motor has been moved to the rear wheel. The result is an e-bike that closely resembles the Tenways CGO009.
When I reached out to Raleigh for comment, Accell Group Brand Lead Ertu Bilgin said that the e-bike was developed with help from 'some former VanMoof team members,' but it's 'very much a product of the Accell Group.'
In 2022, the Accell Group reportedly turned down a financial stake in VanMoof when approached by the rival co-founders, desperate for capital to offset almost €150 million in debt. With this new Raleigh e-bike, it would seem that Accell managed to avoid the sickly cow and still get its milk for free.
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