More than 250.000 electric bicycles were sold in France in 2017 years.

With an environmental bonus of € 200, the electric bike market set a new record in 2017 with over 250.000 units sold.

Growing steadily over the past ten years, the French electric bike market set a new record in 2017. Although almost 150.000 2016 electric bikes were completed in 254.870, this figure almost doubled last year, with a total of 35.640 units sold in France. , including 219.530 mountain e-bikes and XNUMX XNUMX city e-bikes.

Of the 2,78 million sold last year in France, electricity now holds almost 10% of the market share. With an average basket of € 1564 per e-bike sold, the French e-bike market now weighs € 399 million. 

Historically, this record was largely due to the € 200 purchase markup introduced for everyone in February 2017 and revised to become stricter on 1 February 2018.

Figures that are still below those in Germany, where more than 700.000 VAEs were sold in 2017 in the year, or Belgium, where electricity accounts for 45% of sales, but which remain particularly encouraging. It remains to be seen if the new bonus formula, which now limits government aid to tax-free households, will hold back market dynamics in 2018.