Matt Alston
Matt Alston is a writer whose work has appeared in WIRED, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and The Believer; he trained as a civil engineer, holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University, and works as a copywriter in tech.
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Rad Power Bikes — once a $1.65B e-bike unicorn — files Chapter 11 after CPSC battery-fire recall and January 2026 warehouse blaze
Rad Power Bikes grew rapidly to a $1.65 billion valuation and dominant North American market share but collapsed after leadership exits, executive turnover, layoffs, a CPSC battery-fire recall in November 2025, Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2025, and a Huntington Beach warehouse fire in January 2026.
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