Electric Life showroom suffers break in
Electric Life, a specialist e-mobility retailer who opened a new showroom in November, was broken into on the evening of Wednesday 8th March, resulting in the loss of more than £40,000 of stock.
The showroom located off the M6 in Castle Vale, Birmingham suffered the break at 21.20hrs on Wednesday 8th March. A large white van and 2 cars broke through the locked car park gates and then 5 individuals dressed in hoodies and balaclavas used an angle grinder to cut through the external roller shutter and forced the locks on the entrance doors.
The retail space is fully alarmed and the video footage was captured of the event.
Electric Life, owned by Tandem Group showcases the UK’s largest range of electric mobility products featuring a breadth of electric bikes, electric scooters, electric motorbikes, electric golf trolleys and electric mobility scooters.
On display are some market-leading and award-winning electric bikes and electric scooters. The retailer has reported a significant number of e-bikes & e-scooters were stolen to the value of over £40,000, which included electric bike brands Orbea, Whyte, Pure, Falcon and electric scooter brands Jivr & Inokin.
All e-bikes and e-scooters were stolen without any keys and chargers which will make them unrideable and difficult to resell across the second-hand marketplace.
Should any partners, bike dealers and retailers be approached for these items or any other information, please contact West Midlands Police on 0121 626 5000 with the crime reference number 20/244614/23
Matt Rudd, Sales Director of Tandem Group Cycles stated “As a business we are devastated to experience this break in, the team has worked so hard following our recent opening of this showroom to develop a state-of-the-art retail space and an excellent level of customer services. We are working closely with the police to support ongoing investigations and our excellent partner brands allowing us to support our customers and continue with trading as normal.”
