Fazua Is Gone: What Owners Need to Know Now

1,476 lots, every one of them sold. The contents of Fazua’s former site in Ottobrunn, just outside Munich, have gone under the hammer, and that makes official what Porsche announced back in May. If your bike runs a Fazua motor, you’ve got one real question right now: what does this mean for my ride, and what should I do about it?

by Robert Langer

Test rigs, test bikes, office chairs: all sold

German auction house Restlos sold 1,476 lots at the former site on Marie-Curie-Straße 6 in Ottobrunn. The list included test equipment, test bikes, plus workshop and office gear. The first lots closed on October 19, 2026, and everything has now been sold. The top bids went to motor test rigs, which fetched up to €32,100. Buyers pick up their items October 26 through 28.

Restlos doesn’t name the manufacturer in the listing. The address and the Fazua-specific test equipment leave no doubt about whose inventory it was.

Here’s what matters for owners: the auction catalog doesn’t tell us anything new about spare parts, warranty, or service. If you’re looking in there for clues about the future of your own motor, you won’t find any.

How we got here

Porsche took full ownership of Fazua in June 2022. According to a Porsche statement, Fazua was acquired by Porsche and Pon and became part of Porsche eBike Performance GmbH. Pon is the Dutch group behind brands including Santa Cruz and Cannondale.

In May 2026, Porsche announced it would wind down Porsche eBike Performance GmbH. The company pointed to fundamentally changed market conditions for e-bike drive systems and a focus on its core business. Around 360 employees at the Ottobrunn and Zagreb sites were affected. Including sister companies Cellforce and Cetitec, more than 500 jobs were cut in total.

What Fazua has promised, and what it hasn’t

The key message for owners: service, warranty, and spare parts are supposed to keep running through the dealer network „for the coming years.“ Fazua is asking customers to go through their dealer.

What’s missing is a timeline. How long „the coming years“ actually means, and what the long-term plan looks like, Fazua hasn’t said.

„The coming years“ is a promise. It isn’t a date.

Some bike brands have made their own commitments. Riese & Müller uses the Fazua Ride 60 in its UBN Five, Six, and Seven models, and R&M and its dealers have committed to service and parts for those bikes.

Which bikes are affected

Fazua motors show up in bikes from YT and Salsa, among others, as well as in gravel and urban bikes like the Canyon Roadlite:ON. Add the Riese & Müller UBN models mentioned above.

The obvious question: can’t I just swap in a different motor? Short answer: no. A frame is built around one specific motor, with its own mounts and electronics. Switching to a different drive system isn’t possible without modifying the frame.

What you can do right now

None of this guarantees a smooth ride ahead, but these steps make sense either way:

Talk to your shop. Who handles Fazua service there, and how does a warranty claim work if something goes wrong?
Write down your bike’s serial numbers and firmware version. A few photos and a quick note will do.
Keep an eye on official updates from Fazua and from the brand that built your bike.
Shopping for a used Fazua bike? Factor the open parts question into what you’re willing to pay.

What’s still unanswered

Three questions don’t have answers yet, and we’re not going to fill them with guesses:

Who exactly takes over parts and service, and for how many years? Not publicly known.
Will there be more software updates? Fazua announced planned updates in May. Whether they’ll ship is unclear.
What happens to the Fazua apps and online services? Unknown.

Does the math work for owners?

Why is this happening? Porsche says the e-bike drive market has fundamentally changed and it’s focusing on its core business. A motor maker is leaving the market, but the bikes running its motors are still out on the trail.

The auction itself changes nothing about your bike. The promise of service, warranty, and parts through your dealer stands, it just doesn’t come with a date attached. So there’s no reason to panic, but no reason to shrug it off either. Talk to your shop now and save your bike’s details, and you’ll be in a better spot if you ever need them.

Whether it all works out comes down to one question: how long will parts and service really be available? Right now, nobody can answer that.

Bottom line: Open question: how long is „the coming years“?

Riding a Fazua-powered bike and already talked to your shop about service or parts? Tell us how it went in the comments under the YouTube video for this story.

Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB Report