Forget about cars, e-bikes are the future!
The Uncover the Future study, published by Deloitte, identifies the electric bicycle as one of the main themes of the next decade.
Deployment of 5G, robotization, smartphones ... With an emphasis on the main themes of the next decade, Deloitte cites the bicycle as one of the main trends of the future. A sector booming thanks to strong growth in electric bike sales.
« We project that there will be tens of billions of additional cycling trips per year globally in 2022 compared to 2019 levels. This means less car travel and less emissions, with the added benefit of traffic congestion, urban air quality and improved public health. Summarizes the Deloitte study.
Over 130 million electric bicycles between 2020 and 2023
Mastering the advent of the electric bike has led to a real digital transformation of the cycling world, with Deloitte estimates that more than 130 million electric bikes should be sold worldwide between 2020 and 2023. ” Worldwide e-bike sales are expected to surpass 2023 million units in 40, which equates to around € 19 billion. »Cabinet figures.
The increase in power, which Deloitte attributed to battery improvements, the development of ever more efficient technologies and a general decrease in costs in the sector. This dynamic is already being observed in several European markets. In Germany, e-bike sales increased 36% in 2018. With nearly one million units sold, they represent 23,5% of all bicycle sales. An even larger share in the Netherlands, or more than one in two bicycles sold, is electric.
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