By American standards, Oslo, Norway, is already a bike paradise. Eight percent of commuters ride a bike, more than in Portland, the most bike-friendly large city in the United States. But in less than a decade, Oslo plans to more than double that to 25%. Its latest tactic to achieve that goal: giving residents cash for new electric cargo bikes. The program pays as much …
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A new electric bicycle report from Navigant Research suggests that by 2025, e-bike sales could lead to annual revenues of $24.3 billion. The electric mobility revolution is in full swing, and although much of the attention tends to get focused on electric cars and buses and such, the highest selling electric vehicles on the planet are actually electric bicycles (e-bikes), with a projection of some …
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Electric bicycles are rapidly becoming more popular in Norway. This year sales are estimated to double. What contributes to the success is a subsidy scheme offered by the Oslo city council for residents that buy an e-bike. Norway’s main distributors and dealers estimate 2016 bike sales in Norway to have dropped a bit compared to the 2015 total. It’s not possible to get exact figures. …
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Today some 700 Chinese companies manufacture e-bikes. According to China Bicycle Association (CBA), the top ten e-bike companies accounted for 47% of the total production in 2014. China has some 200 million e-bikes running on the road totaling CNY 100 billion (14bn euro) in value, a tenfold increase from 2005. The value of the entire upstream and downstream industry chain has reached CNY 200 billion …
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