Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Multiple e-bike brands exposed on 3·15 over speed-limit decoding
Time Finance reported that a CCTV investigation found specialty stores of brands including Luyuan and Xinri could increase vehicle speed through decoding; Niu responded by launching an internal investigation. The State Administration for Market Regulation announced the next day surprise inspections of the exposed companies, including Niu; the number of vehicles reported was the total for multiple companies and cannot be attributed to a single brand. Status: media investigation and regulatory inspections of some companies; no final penalties summarized on that basis. Entities involved: Xinri brand-related specialty stores, Luyuan brand-related specialty stores, Niu-related companies. Scope: the exposed speed-boosting behavior at Xinri brand specialty stores.
2022
E-bikes repeatedly fail spot checks, triggering fines and recalls
In 2022, Xinri Co., Ltd. was fined 10,000 yuan by the Xishan District Market Supervision Bureau in Wuxi because vehicles it sold failed spot checks; in 2023, Tianjin Xinri Electromechanical recalled 7,615 e-bikes because speed, dimension limits and controller anti-tampering design did not meet standards; in spot checks in Beijing and elsewhere, Xinri products repeatedly failed items including electrical safety and speed, and in 2025 it was fined another 19,650 yuan. Fines, confiscation of illegal gains, recalls.