E-bike Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)

• Mobility plays a vital role in the current society that we live in.With the growing concern for preserving and sustaining it for future generations, mainly because of the increasing scarcity of natural resources and environmental concerns, protecting the environment poses a great challenge to both the society and governments, worldwide.
  As a result, the rising demand for e-bikes is proving to be an ideal solution to the challenge.
  
• With the continually growing environmental and health concerns, due to the increasing emission levels, the governments and international organizations worldwide are enacting stringent emission norms to reduce carbon emission levels.
• Additionally, the depletion of fossil fuel levels at an alarming rate has been creating concerns for sustainability for future generations. This factor is posing a huge challenge for governments and society. Thus, e-bikes are proving to be an ideal solution for the challenge.
  

The European region accounted for approximately 39 % of the e-bike market. The European region was dominated by Germany, followed by France and Italy.
In Germany, the e-bike is a preferred mode of mobility, as well as for sports and leisure, also as a clean, quiet, and space-saving alternative for city logistics, in the country.
Some of the major factors driving the sales of the e-bike market are innovative characters of the product, fully-integrated batteries, and drives, appealing designs, as well as the use of high-quality materials.

The major players in the region are introducing latest products to capture the growing market. for instance,

• Gazelle, one of the subsidiaries of Pon Bike Group, developed a cargo e-bike Gazell D10 model with joint-partners, namely Aluca and DOCKR (mobility as a services (MaaS) start-up). The new cargo e-bike known as light electrical freight transporter (LEFT), accommodates up to two standard carriage boxes with Euro Pallet dimensions (1,200*800*1,100 millimeter), capable of carrying a volume of one cubic meter and load capacity of 100 kg.

Apart from Germany, countries, like France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, also witnessed a high demand for e-bikes. Some of the major reasons considered for adopting e-bike are the health benefits, environmental benefits, reduction in expenditure, avoidance of traffic congestion, and the increase in demand for e-bikes as sports equipment among youth. In the Netherlands, a quarter of all Europeans were found to be willing to commute by e-bikes.