Fleet and rental buyers do not buy bicycles, they buy uptime. A rental e-bike that is off the road for three weeks waiting for a battery or a controller has already cost more than the margin on the unit. We manufacture e-bikes in our own Foshan factory and supply fleet, rental and tour operators on wholesale terms — with the two things this segment actually needs: battery documentation and a spare-parts plan.
What we supply
City and commuter e-bikes, step-through models, e-mountain bikes and folding e-bikes, with mid-drive or hub motors, frame or rack-mounted batteries, and the accessories that fleets ask for — racks, lights, mudguards, kickstands, baskets and locks. Configurations are set per order: motor power and speed limiting are specified to your market’s legal ceiling rather than left to the catalogue.
The two documents that decide whether an e-bike shipment moves
Battery documentation is a transport requirement, not a product preference. Lithium batteries for transport are documented under UN 38.3, with battery safety covered by standards such as IEC 62133; in the United States, UL 2849 and UL 2271 are the references buyers ask for. If the documentation is not in place, the container does not sail — which is why we settle it before production rather than after.
Electrical compliance is the second gate. E-bike regulation differs by market, and the tests that most often catch manufacturers out are the electrical and electromagnetic ones — controller and wiring behaviour, and interference in the 30 MHz to 1 GHz band. Those are cheaper to solve at the design stage than in a lab with a finished sample.
Container loading for e-bikes
E-bikes load far less densely than bicycles because of bulk and weight, and the reference figures are an order of magnitude apart depending on assembly: in a 40ft High Cube, roughly 50 units fully assembled, around 75 semi-knocked down, and in the region of 150 knocked down. Those are industry ranges — your number depends on the model and the packing, and we calculate it for your mix. This is why fleet buyers should decide the assembly ratio deliberately: it is the single biggest lever on landed cost per unit.
Spare parts are the fleet’s real cost
Batteries, controllers, chargers, displays, brake pads, tyres and tubes. For fleet and rental work we plan the parts list with the order rather than after it, and additional spares travel inside later containers — the cheapest route — with courier dispatch when a part is holding a bike off the road. Details are on our spare-parts page.
Commercial terms
Standard wholesale terms are a 30% T/T deposit with the order and the balance against the B/L copy, with L/C at sight available. MOQ depends on the model, the tooling position and the battery specification. Samples are available before volume, and on e-bike projects we recommend validating the sample against the specification sheet before production begins.
E-bike specification and documentation reference
| Item | What we agree before production |
|---|---|
| Motor | Mid-drive or hub; rated power and speed limiting set to your market’s legal ceiling rather than the catalogue default |
| Battery | Capacity, cell format, and whether it is frame-mounted or rack-mounted — this decides both the ride and the loading plan |
| Transport documentation | Lithium batteries are documented under UN 38.3; battery safety references include IEC 62133, and in the United States UL 2849 and UL 2271 |
| Electrical compliance | The tests that most often catch manufacturers out are the electrical and electromagnetic ones — controller and wiring behaviour, and interference in the 30 MHz to 1 GHz band |
| Fleet specification | Racks, lights, mudguards, kickstands, locks, and any branding or numbering your operation needs |
Battery documentation is a transport requirement rather than a product preference: without it the container does not sail. It is cheaper to settle at the design stage than to discover at the port.
What drives the minimum order quantity
MOQ in this trade is not arbitrary, and it is not a negotiating position. It comes from four things:
| Driver | Effect on MOQ |
|---|---|
| Tooling | An existing mould carries no tooling cost and allows the lowest quantity we offer. A private mould has to be amortised, so the minimum rises in step with the tooling cost. |
| Frame material | Alloy has the lowest barrier. Carbon adds layup tooling and a longer ramp, so the minimum rises again — more on a new layup than on an established one. |
| Finish complexity | Two-colour wet paint and custom decals require masking, artwork and a paint batch run; a single-colour powder coat does not. |
| Component availability | Named-brand groupsets have their own supply lead times and minimum purchase steps, which can set the floor for the whole order. |
Inside a mixed container, per-model and per-colour minimums apply as well. That is why a container built from four variants usually costs more per unit than the same volume built from two — the mix is a cost decision, not just a merchandising one.
The seven QC checkpoints every order passes
| # | Checkpoint | What is checked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incoming material | Tube and sheet specification, alloy grade confirmation, and component references against the bill of materials |
| 2 | Frame dimensional | Critical dimensions and geometry against the tolerance sheet; bottom-bracket thread and facing |
| 3 | Weld and alignment | Weld quality, rear-triangle alignment, dropout parallelism, and fork alignment |
| 4 | Surface and paint | Surface preparation, primer and topcoat coverage, colour against the approved sample, decal position |
| 5 | Assembly and torque | Torque on critical fasteners, brake setup, gear indexing, and wheel trueing |
| 6 | Function test | 100% of units: braking, shifting, steering — and electrical function on e-bikes |
| 7 | Packing and loading | Carton contents against the packing list, carton count, and photographs of the loaded container before the doors close |
Structural and fatigue testing to ISO 4210 is carried out on sampled frames rather than on every unit. Sampling is the method the standard itself describes, which is why an inspection report containing the sample plan and the results is what a third-party inspector will ask for first.
Frequently asked questions
Which assembly ratio should a fleet choose?
It is the biggest single lever on landed cost per unit. Fully assembled is the most convenient for the operator, knocked down is the cheapest to move and requires workshop capacity at your end. Fleets usually settle on semi-knocked-down as the balance.
Who handles battery documentation?
We provide the battery documentation as part of the shipment, and we settle which certificates your market requires before production rather than after.
Can you limit the motor to our market’s legal speed?
Yes — speed limiting and rated power are specified per order, so the same platform can be built to different legal ceilings for different destinations.
How do we plan spares for a fleet?
With the order rather than after it. Batteries, controllers, chargers, displays and brake pads are the parts that stop a fleet, so we agree the list at the quotation stage and ship replacements inside later containers.
Do you supply parts for models we bought elsewhere?
Only where the specification matches parts we manufacture. Send the part reference and we will tell you honestly whether we can supply it.
When we are not the right supplier
Two qualifications, stated plainly. First, if you need twenty units next week, we are not your supplier: there is no production run to release and no sea freight to catch, and local stock will beat us on speed every time. Second, factory-direct pricing only pays off when an order is planned. If you are assembling a range for a season, we work; if you are filling a gap in a single week, we do not.
What we will not do is quote you a specification we cannot hold. If a component in your target build is not available at the price point you need, we say so and offer the alternative rather than matching the quote and hoping the difference is not noticed on arrival.
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Send us your target model, quantity, destination market and price point. We reply with platform options, a costed quotation and a dated schedule.
How this page was written. Meihanda has manufactured bicycles, frames and components in its own factory in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China since 2014 (ISO 9001:2015). Container-loading figures and lead-time ranges shown here are industry reference ranges: the exact figures depend on the model, the packing configuration and the degree of customisation, and are confirmed per order in your quotation and proforma. Last reviewed: October 2026.
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