Here's a quote from Chris Cocalis, founder of Pivot:
"...if they are the most core mountainbike company there is and say they're never gonna make an ebike... I know some of the companies that have said that have been working on ebikes for a while."
Seems Intense is working on one Jeff Steber Teases Prototype Intense e-Bike
Ibis might very well be making some too, that would be interesting! Who else could he have in mind?
The story that ebikes damage trails is as silly as saying that horses or ramblers damage trails. I would argue the opposite. An unused trail will close up within a year or two maximum.