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Ruff Cycles has so far built a bunch of moped-style and cruiser ebikes with fat tires and plenty of attitude. Now the company has announced its first cargo ebike, a front-loader called the Cargo Buddy that comes with banana seating and, yep, fat tires.

Mondraker has added a couple of new ebikes to its Urban Cross range, inviting folks to "ride your Chaser RX in the city as you ride your mountain bike on the trails." The Chaser X and RX come with full squish, Bosch mid-drive motor and SRAM gearset.

Back in September, Bosch announced a limited-edition race-oriented mid-mount motor for enduro eMTBs. Spain's Orbea was quick to include one in its Wild M-Ltd model, and now neighbor Mondraker has followed suit for the Crafty Carbon XR Ltd.

Back in 2019, Bosch and Mercedes were granted a special permit for an automated parking system operated without human supervision. Now the partnership has been given the official nod to operate Level 4 automated valet parking on a commercial basis.

After catering to most ebike riders with the e-Omnia range last year, veteran Italian marque Bianchi is repeating the formula with five new e-Vertic models for riders looking to tackle "the most adrenalin-soaked trails to the mean streets of town."

UK mobility startup Evari is heading to Eurobike in Frankfurt, Germany, later this month with a smooth-looking premium ride called the 856, an ebike rocking a monocoque carbon fiber frame, a Bosch Performance Line drive and titanium components.

Aside from exploring electric bike concepts of its own, Bosch provides powertrains and battery packs for many third-party manufacturers, and has now given this ecosystem a makeover while introducing a new smartphone app for over-the-air-updates.

The latest example of an automated valet service is a collaborative effort from Ford, Bosch and Detroit-based real estate firm Bedrock, in which connected Ford Escapes find empty spaces and park themselves inside a garage.

Bosch is already well-known for its electric bike motors and related technologies. Now, the German company has unveiled a concept ebike, created to show how smoothly those products could be incorporated into one vehicle.

One of the occasional joys of electric vehicle ownership is that a factory software update can suddenly make your motor go harder – and certain Bosch-powered ebike owners are about to get an extra helping of torque, free of charge.

According to Bosch, sun glare is the biggest weather-related cause of accidents. The company therefore wants to rethink the sun visor, with a see-through model that blocks sun only where it’s reaching the driver’s eyes.

Bosch will hit CES 2020 with a new type of Light Drive smart glass technology that can give you a personal heads-up display while being virtually indistinguishable from a regular pair of glasses, and adding very little weight.