Over 12,000 owners of cargo bikes made by Babboe have been in contact with one of the damage claim websites of he Birkway law office, the firm announced. This is 3,500 more than a week earlier. Birkway is investigating the possibilities of compensation for the people affected by Babboe allegedly selling unsafe cargo bikes.
Babboe will recall around 22,000 bicycles for safety reasons. It concerns a third of all their cargo bikes, the company has reported. The first models will be recalled in the Netherlands and Germany in mid-April. Bikes in other countries will be recalled after this.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has started a criminal investigation into cargo bike manufacturer Babboe, a spokesperson for the watchdog confirmed after reporting by RTL Nieuws on Thursday. The regulator wants to know with certainty whether Babboe also hid broken-down bicycles and other issues from NVWA inspectors when they visited the company's workplace.