A new e-cargo bike is rolling out in the capital. Photo: John Nguyen/PA Around 2,000 cargo bikes were sold in the UK for commercial use in 2020, according to the Cycling Association, and a similar number were sold for use by families and individuals. That number is expected to jump last year. Subscribe to the Business Today daily email or follow Guardian Business on Twitter @BusinessDesk Specialized delivery services such as Pedal Me and Velocious have expanded rapidly during the pandemic with one service, Zedify, setting up 10 mini-hubs in coffee locations outside cities to make thousands of zero-emission deliveries in every city every day. The company has confirmed 18 solar projects at its existing UK sites this year and plans to more than double the number of projects by 2024. These projects are joined by the addition of a wind farm on Scotland’s Kintyre Peninsula and four more planned, including Kennoxhead in South Lanarkshire.
