Ebike's market penetration in the Netherlands exceeds 57%!
According to RTL Nieuws, the Netherlands will set a new record for e-bike sales in 2022! Among the 855,000 bicycles sold in the past year, electric bicycles accounted for more than 57%, and profits accounted for nearly 80% of the entire bicycle market. Even the proportion of electric bicycle sales in the entire industry continued to rise.
A total of 855,000 new bicycles sold in the Netherlands in 2022, of which 486,000 electric bicycles, mainly including city bikes, cargo bikes and high-speed electric bicycles. According to BOVAG and RAI, bicycle sales totaled more than 1.5 billion euros last year. The average price of bicycles also increased by 9% to 1772 euros due to the increase in the proportion of electric bicycles.
Not only in the Netherlands, the trend of electrification is sweeping the world. According to the latest data, the electric bicycle market is worth 27.22 billion US dollars in 2021. It is estimated that 300 million electric bicycles will be put into use worldwide by 2023, of which Europe is the fastest growing market.
Even as shifts in consumer demand have flattened sales in the bike market, the electrification trend is still deepening its impact on the bike industry. Overseas countries are encouraging people to use electric bicycles or electric vehicles for low-carbon travel and reduce emissions. Europe even issued the "Pan-European Bicycle Travel Master Plan" to promote the transformation of transportation to zero carbon. In Europe and the United States, where electric bicycles develop rapidly, electric bicycles have gradually replaced the bicycle market and become the "new darling" of people's transportation.
Statistics show that compared to the traditional bicycle market and other electric vehicles, electric bicycles are becoming more and more popular.
Between 2019 and 2021, the annual sales of electric bicycles will increase by 240%, which is four times the growth rate of traditional bicycle sales. electric-assisted vehicles, and electric mountain bikes in North America are highly welcomed by the market.
Even electric cars will lose a head in front of electric bicycles. In 2020, the sales ratio of electric bicycles to electric vehicles will be about 2:1, successfully promoted to the most popular electric transportation.
Nearly 50 cities in the U.S. have included e-bikes in their bike-sharing programs, and usage of a fleet has more than doubled since going electric! Compared with bicycles, the usage rate of electric bicycles is nearly three times higher. It seems that given the choice, most users will choose electric bicycles instead of traditional pedal bicycles.
The impact of vigorously developing electric bicycles on society, the environment, and residents' lives is also significant.
A study in Portland, Oregon found that electric bikes significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to cars.
The study found that e-bikes emit 4.9 grams of CO2 per person-mile, significantly less than the 140 grams of CO2 per person-mile of public transport and the 274 grams of CO2 emitted by cars. If 15% of daily trips were replaced by electric bicycles, carbon emissions would be reduced by 11%, equivalent to a reduction of 900 metric tons of carbon emissions per day.
Not to mention the benefits that electric bicycles bring to residents’ life and travel. The efficiency of electric bicycles is 21% faster than that of pedal bicycles. It only takes 30 minutes to ride for a distance of 20 kilometers. If you drive in the city, you will encounter various traffic Congestion, no smarter than electric bicycles.
And one study concluded that e-bike riders get more exercise because they travel more and for longer periods of time than pedal bike riders.
The electric bicycle market has achieved substantial growth, and the growth momentum is still strong, and there is still a large stock replacement market such as bicycles, and the follow-up development of electric bicycles is full of momentum. Oil-to-electricity is a global trend. The cost-effectiveness, speed, low-carbon environmental protection and other requirements of short-distance travel tools also make it an innovative new species. In addition, countries have introduced subsidy policies one after another. In the future, the development space of electric bicycles will also increase. bigger.