Using E-Bike Purchase Incentive Programs to Expand the Market – North American Trends and Recommended Practices

Despite the establishment of a stable and growing market, e-bike ownership remains prohibitively expensive for many people. The purchase price of a commuter or leisure-style e-bike ranges from $1,000 to $5,500, averaging around $2,600, while cargo style e-bikes range from $2,000 to $9,000, averaging around $5,000. Across the world, incentive programs have emerged as a popular technique in the effort to bridge the chasm of e-bikes' technology adoption curve. For this white paper, a review of existing programs in the U.S. and Canada was conducted. The goal of this white paper is to provide policymakers, agency leads, and local community leaders with a range of techniques to develop and structure e-bike incentive programs to help meet emissions, single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) travel, and vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) reduction objectives.

• Record URL:
  https://ppms.trec.pdx.edu/media/project_files/E-bike_Incentive_White_Paper_5_6_2022.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68607
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute for Transportation and Communities

  Portland State University
  P.O. Box 751
  Portland, OR  United States  97207

  PeopleForBikes

  ,    

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bennett, Cameron
  • MacArthur, John
  • Cherry, Christopher R
  • Jones, Luke R
• Publication Date: 2022-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: White Paper
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 68p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Electric vehicles; Incentives; Market penetration
• Geographic Terms: North America
• Subject Areas: Finance; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01846029
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 23 2022 11:01AM