Is Rad Power Bikes Riding into the Sunset?
Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company’s 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations “as early as January 2026.”
A Nov. 7 filing with the state (PDF) warns both service-level workers at the company’s retail and repair shop as well as corporate workers at its Seattle headquarters that layoffs could start as early as Jan. 9, 2026.
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