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Who actually build the EU bike and what’t the key point to cooperate with a Chinese ebike supplier?

China today is like Britain in the early days of motorcycles - hundreds of different factories make bikes and sell them under different brands. China produces more than 20 million bicycles each year, more than half of which are exported.

We did the research and you need to visit different factories to find the right bike to fill a market niche. Suppliers will also visit you. You need to carefully consider a factory's reputation, quality and product, and choose a model based on your knowledge of local market needs. You need to test them on European roads and subject them to strict quality control. Only when the quality is satisfied will the EEC type approval be obtained and the model rolled out.

You're going to have a one-year warranty for the customer, not the supplying factory, and you have to be prepared to stick to the quality of the vehicle. It's a matter of good business.