{"id":8614,"date":"2026-06-15T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:43:45","slug":"position-velosuisse-zu-epacs-als-erfolgsfaktor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/position-velosuisse-zu-epacs-als-erfolgsfaktor\/","title":{"rendered":"Velosuisse\u2019s position: E-bikes \u2013 ensuring active mobility as a key to success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>E-bikes are one of the key drivers of electromobility in Switzerland and a central component of the energy and transport transition. To ensure this success in the long term, it is necessary to maintain the legal status of e-bikes whilst clarifying the existing regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An e-bike (EPAC or light motorised bicycle), just like a purely muscle-powered bicycle, embodies active mobility in practice. The user\u2019s physical effort has a direct influence on the bike\u2019s handling and movement. Crucial to \u00abactive mobility\u00bb \u2013 and thus to the equivalence between a purely muscle-powered bicycle and an e-bike \u2013 is a sensible balance between the force applied to the pedals and the assistance provided by the electric motor. According to the Sport Switzerland 2020 study, around 40% of the Swiss population cycle. A further 8% regularly hop on a mountain bike. Thanks to electrification, further sections of the population have switched to active and healthy mobility. This is a key factor in doubling the number of kilometres cycled in Switzerland, a target the federal government has set itself in the Roadmap for Cycling by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore essential that e-bikes in the 25 km\/h category remain a straightforward and attractive means of transport, and that the equivalence between e-bikes and purely muscle-powered bicycles is maintained. For this reason, Velosuisse, the Association of Swiss Bicycle Manufacturers and Suppliers, advocates defining and clarifying the performance parameters of e-bikes in such a way that their bicycle-like handling is retained \u2013 for the safety of users and to ensure peaceful coexistence bothand off-road.<\/p>\n<p>15 June 2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-bikes are one of the key drivers of electromobility in Switzerland and a central component of the energy and transport transition. To ensure this success in the long term, it is necessary to maintain the legal status of e-bikes whilst clarifying the existing regulations.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8620,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velosuisse.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}