E-bikes are fun. For that reason alone, I think they will keep growing until they are huge part of transportation in the US. People in the US will never let you take away stuff that is fun.
That is incorrect because those e-bikes did not replace actual gas-powered motorcycles or mopeds. Most of them are owned by people who never owned a gas-powered 2-wheeler, let alone a car. They represent new demand, not replacement, thus did not "save" any actual oil. It's like saying that today's ICE cars slashed demand for billions upon billions of horses - while in reality, before ICE majority of people simply couldn't afford any means of transportation, and they won't be able to afford horses today, either.
I do not doubt the numbers in the article are inflated to get the rosier picture but... The people I know that are riding e-bikes are commuting the few miles to work rather than drive (which they did in the past).
E-bikes are fun. For that reason alone, I think they will keep growing until they are huge part of transportation in the US. People in the US will never let you take away stuff that is fun.
That is incorrect because those e-bikes did not replace actual gas-powered motorcycles or mopeds. Most of them are owned by people who never owned a gas-powered 2-wheeler, let alone a car. They represent new demand, not replacement, thus did not "save" any actual oil. It's like saying that today's ICE cars slashed demand for billions upon billions of horses - while in reality, before ICE majority of people simply couldn't afford any means of transportation, and they won't be able to afford horses today, either.
I do not doubt the numbers in the article are inflated to get the rosier picture but... The people I know that are riding e-bikes are commuting the few miles to work rather than drive (which they did in the past).