Electric Bikes in China

A transportation phenomenon is sweeping the world's largest population of bike users. They're going electric. Check out this video from Shijiazhuang, China to learn more about electric bikes, and why this is happening.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• electric
• bikes
• China
• energy
• transportation

[joesephwind]

Great video and music, but please turn down the music, it's 3 times as loud as you are. Thanks!

[keepaopenmind]

Cities are discouraging bikes and promoting cars? I've read the big cities in China are building metro transits. Encouraging cars seems to be a big mistake. Look how car addiction has destroyed the USA.. Thanks for the tip about S.H.E.. They're cool.

[energyalt56]

China this year along sold 100 million E-Bike along in the domestic market

Can You believe this ? E-bike should promote to the world market, Clean energy, the battery can be re-process when old,

Want to make money fasst, Import them and distribution !!!

[clearasvodka]

@dd1122111 Around 2,500 yuan for a nicely equiped new bike. That is about $399.

[gliderpilot166]

Nice look at what's going on in China. Since you made your vid, motorscooters has been banned in all the larger cities due to the emissions, with low-cost electric scooters and bicycles taking hold. Also, many more Chinese are buying cars, and the traffic is really bad, especially in Guangzhou(Canton) and the other larger cities. If we can get the costs here under $1000, they would sell like hotcakes.

[zyyu]

@dd1122111 AFAIK, the price range is 1000-4000 chinese yuan, now the currency exchange rate is 1 USD to ~6 CNY, so I would say $150-700 per e-bike, not bad, if you can stand the chinese quality --- but again the bike repair shops there are much less greedy than the ones in the US too.

[rocbola]

Thanks for this video! I am an American, but i visited China in 2007 and was amazed to see electric/pedal hybrid bikes everywhere. I was fascinated, and eventually decided that i could transform a regular bicycle into one. I only live 3 miles from work, so it works for me, and i rarely ever have to buy overpriced, polluting gasoline anymore!

[Retro80Lady30]

Until this happens in the USA Obama's talk about people being overweight really doesn't mean anything. It all comes down to spending money, and making money the government doesn't care wether your fat or not. Though I think that if this was common here there would be lots of accidents.

[dd1122111]

I'd be interested to know what people in China are paying for their electric bikes. In the U.S. $1700 to $2200 seems pretty darned pricey. What's the cost of these bikes in China, and who is importing them to the U.S. for a decent price! Love em', just cant afford one yet.

[samquan123]

well if you not go too far.. use the bite is better..

[glazierEd]

I use mine here in the U.S. more than I use my car. Because it is considered a Bicycle in the eyes of the government, you don't need to pay a yearly tax (Registration) like you would with a car or motorcycle. Also no need for Insurance. I'm sure once the government finds out how much money they are losing out on, they will classify them as a motorcycle, "To look out for our safety" One thing I hope, Maybe technology for batteries improves, we need more than twenty miles per charge.