The popularity of e-bikes, e-scooters and electric vehicles is surging — so what's all the buzz about?
More than 20,000 people took part in Stuff's NowNext survey. Here's what we learned. In Nelson, e-bikes are in such high demand that stock barely touches the shelves before it’s wheeled out the door. The Cycle Shop co-owner Tony Mallabar said about five years ago, e-bike sales would have made up about five per cent of their business. Nowadays, e-bikes were “quickly becoming half our business as far as bike sales go,”. The popularity of e-bikes and e-scooters – which are bicycles and scooters with electric motors – has gained a lot of traction in Aotearoa over the past few years...
Source: stuff.co.nz