Recently, on major live streaming platforms, some e-commerce hosts have vigorously introduced their rental of electric bicycles to the public. Multiple anchors openly violated national management regulations in the live broadcast room, vigorously promoting their products that exceeded national standards and were extremely fast. The latest national implementation of the "Safety Technical Specification for Electric Bicycles" in 2025 clearly stipulates that the maximum design speed should not exceed 25 kilometers per hour, the battery pack label value should not exceed 48 volts, and the output power of the electric motor should be less than or equal to 400 watts. The reason for setting such regulations is simple. According to data from the Road Traffic Safety Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security, traffic accidents caused by electric bicycles account for about 10% of the total number of urban road traffic accidents, which is equivalent to 1 out of every 10 urban road traffic accidents caused by electric bicycles. One of the main reasons is that electric bicycles violate speed limits and drive at excessive speeds. The national regulatory authorities have gathered information from all sectors of society and formulated strict management red lines from the perspective of road safety, with the aim of reducing traffic accident rates and ensuring the safety of pedestrians and drivers' lives and property. But the reporter saw that the "electric bicycles" introduced by these e-commerce anchors have parameters far exceeding the national standard limit, posing a risk of speeding and becoming a hidden danger to road traffic safety. In the live broadcast room, facing numerous consumers, these anchors have not taken the national standards to heart at all. They are openly promoting their own illegal and excessive performance of electric bicycles, and these illegal electric bicycles can be rented at will. Are the situations described by these anchors true? The reporter, under the guise of renting a car, followed the instructions in the live broadcast room and went to an offline electric bicycle rental store called Black Knight Tribe for on-site experience. Black Knight Tribe electric bicycle rental store staff: This bike can run up to 60 or 70 kilometers per hour at the fastest, and it is a 2025 bike. In this store, the reporter successfully rented an electric bicycle and experienced it on a safe road. The speed measurement software shows that this electric bicycle can easily reach a speed of 44 kilometers per hour, but the speedometer of the car always freezes at 25 kilometers per hour. For this situation, the store staff bluntly told reporters that it was a way for them to evade supervision. Black Knight Tribe electric bicycle rental store staff: The speedometer shows 25 kilometers per hour, but the actual speed is still normal. All electric bicycle speedometers show 25 kilometers per hour. Further investigation by reporters found that such blatant violations of national standards and evasion of supervision have become commonplace in electric bicycle rental stores. The reporter rented a vehicle from an electric car rental shop and experienced the "ultimate speeding": the actual speed was as high as 80 kilometers per hour. In the investigation, reporters found that not only did local individual rental stores rent electric bicycles that violated national standards, but some well-known chain brands also had this phenomenon. Hello Rent Electric Bike is a leading brand in the electric bike rental industry. According to its official website, it has established over 5000 stores in more than 100 cities across the country. The reporter came to the offline store of Hello Renting Electric Vehicles for investigation. Hello, the staff at the electric bike rental store said that running at a speed of 50-60 kilometers per hour should be enough. Reporter: How much can tuning run? Hello, staff at the electric vehicle rental store: 75 kilometers per hour. Not only does Hello's rental of electric bicycles violate national standards and lift the speed limit for electric bicycles, but other well-known electric bicycle rental brands also have the same phenomenon. Xiaoha Service Center Electric Bicycle Rental Store Staff: As for the speed of electric bicycles, to be honest, 40 kilometers per hour is the fastest, and 50 kilometers per hour is the fastest. The staff of the electric bicycle rental store of Electric Donkey Brother: The speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour. In the investigation, the reporter found that the reason why these speeding electric bicycles can smoothly carry out external leasing business is that each car is hung with an electric bicycle license plate. With their non motorized vehicle status, these vehicles do not need a driver's license when they are on the road. With less road supervision and greatly increased convenience of use, the business of renting electric bicycles from rental shops naturally flourished with the license plate of electric bicycles. Reporter: Isn't it said that electric motorcycles require a driver's license? Hello, there's nothing else to do now. Hanging an electric bicycle license plate means you can ride it freely. Hello, the staff of the electric bike rental store: The electric motorcycle does not have a license plate. The relevant national regulations have clearly distinguished the speed of electric bicycles, electric light motorcycles, or electric motorcycles, and electric light motorcycles or electric motorcycles belong to the category of motor vehicles and must hang a motor vehicle license plate. Drivers must have a D, E, or F driving license. How are these clearly illegal electric bicycles registered with a legitimate electric bicycle license plate? In order to uncover the truth of the matter, the reporter contacted Manager Mi, the provincial investment manager of the leading brand in the industry - Hello Rent Electric Vehicle, under the name of franchise. Manager Mi told reporters that their company has leased multiple electric bicycles that exceed the national standard in terms of speed. Hello, Manager Mi, Provincial Investment Promotion Manager for Renting Electric Vehicles: The Little Turtle model has a speed of over 30 kilometers per hour, which is faster than 40 kilometers per hour, and a range of 50 to 60 kilometers. Manager Mi admitted that although some of the car models leased to external parties do not meet the requirements of the new national standard and regulation is becoming increasingly strict, they still have ways to solve the problem of license plate registration for franchise customers, and promise that every car can be equipped with a legitimate electric bicycle license plate. Hello, Manager Mi, the provincial investment manager in charge of renting electric vehicles: The biggest threshold for this business is not money, but license plates. We can help you solve all the problems you are facing now. Reporter: Is the brand the one that was previously installed? Hello, Manager Mi, the provincial investment manager in charge of renting electric bicycles: The cars have not been produced yet, but the license plates are all compliant electric bicycle license plates. The licensed cars were registered before the new regulations came out. Manager Mi revealed to reporters in detail the so-called "good method". Even before the implementation of the new national standard, some electric bicycle distributors had applied for electric bicycle licenses based on a large number of certificates of conformity for electric bicycles that had not yet been produced. When customers needed these vehicles, they would then have manufacturers produce corresponding vehicles according to the standards before the new national standard. These newly produced electric bicycles naturally became old cars before the new national standard was introduced, thus avoiding the mutual recognition and coordination mechanism of "one vehicle, one pool, one charge, one code" in the new national standard, and easily lifting the speed limit restrictions on vehicles. Manager Mi said that this method has solved many difficulties in registering vehicles for cooperative merchants. Hello, Manager Mi, the provincial investment manager in charge of renting electric vehicles: This is the way. The car has not been produced yet, but your certificate of conformity has already been issued. Take the certificate of conformity to get registered. When it leaves the factory, the car is matched, the license plate is already on, and we have many certificates of conformity from our merchants. Compared to Hello's practice of renting electric cars, Electric Donkey Brother's operation method is more direct. Manager Wang of the company clearly told reporters that they simply deliver electric motorcycles to each store, but the license plates hanging on them are electric bicycles. This type of license was actually purchased directly, with as many as you want and at a low price. Manager Feng, the person in charge of Electric Lv Brother Electric Bicycle Rental Company: How about 5 yuan per card over there. Manager Wang, the person in charge of the Southwest region of Electric Donkey Electric Bicycle Rental Company: The license plate issue is now like this. The electric motorcycles we are selling now actually have an electric bicycle license plate. No one has checked, and the license plate is actually a real one. It's just that the plate has not been entered with consumer information, so it's just an empty plate. Early registration, direct purchase of license plates, and even fraudulent use of fake license plates on the road have been investigated by reporters in many places. The chaos of the electric bicycle rental industry evading the new national regulations continues to emerge. Not only that, the reporter also found in the investigation that the batteries used in the "electric bicycles" in the mouths of merchants exceeded the national standards. The latest "Safety Technical Specification for Electric Bicycles" clearly stipulates that the labeled value of electric bicycle battery packs should not exceed 48 volts. But in these car rental stores, there are very few true compliances. Hello, Manager Mi, the provincial investment manager for renting electric vehicles: 60 volts and 30 ampere hours. Sky Travel electric bicycle rental store staff: 60 volt 30 ampere hour battery. Black Knight Tribe electric bicycle rental store staff: 60 volts 30 ampere hours. (New Society)