Electric Bikes

eBikes Worldwide

New estimates put worldwide electric bike, electric scooter, and motorcycle growth at over 450 million units in the next 6 years. Many of these units are expected to be sold in China where an estimated 120 million eBikes reside.

China is the top producer of e-bikes. Some 3,000 manufacturers produced close to 30 million units last year. Most of those were for in country use, and over 95% of in China eBikes use Lead Acid battery packs. Cheap, but hazardous.

As may be expected, many of the e-bikes and scooters profiled in the following pages are Chinese in origin.

The electric two wheel trend is catching on in other countries as well. An estimated 20,000 e-bikes sold in Australia, 130,000 units annually in India.
The German - Dutch market has expanded to 300,000 ebikes, and growing.

Future Sales Estimates

By the year 2018, it has been estimated that the global market could reach 50 million eBikes by 2018. That is over $13 billion in revenues.

Most of the sales are predictably forecast to be in to be in China. Western Europe could reach 1.5 million units or 12% of sales. The U.S. Is estimated to come in with around 350,000 eBikes per year in the same period. Some 107,000 were sold in the U.S. in 2011.

How to shop this site

If you are new to ebikes, head to the Electric Assist Bikes page for an explanation of what you really get for your electric bike time and money.

If you want to buy an eBike and want some help with what to get, go to the Electric Bike Reviews page, then on to Electric Bike List. The list and review pages following have eBikes listed and linked to reviews and recommendations.

We are into kits. You can put together a DIY ebike every bit as good as a factory model for half the price or less. Head to our Electric Motor for Bike page to see summaries of ebike kits, what they do, and their cost.

Finally, if you want a some help with your own e bike kit conversion, head over
to our DIY page.

About half of all local trips made are within 10 miles from the home. This is well in the range of eBikes.

1,000 miles of eBike travel saves 50 around gallons of gasoline.

Not burning 50 gallons of gas saves 1,000 pounds of carbon and other pollution from the air.

eBikes can get equal to 2,000 miles per gallon of fuel economy.

With such great fuel economy, eBikes are very economical
to operate.