After troubled rollout, California sets new date for e-bike subsidies

Late last year, when the California Air Resources Board finally rolled out public subsidies for an electric-bike program that had long been delayed, the online application window closed within a matter of minutes.

Bicycle enthusiasts who had waited for years for a chance to apply for up to $2,000 to pay for a new e-bike were shut out of any chance to be approved.

Now the Air Resources Board, or CARB, is scheduled to conduct its second round of applications, and potential applicants...