Dutch consumers are buying more e-bikes and increasingly fewer traditional
bikes, according to a study published on Wednesday by ABN Amro.
Sales of
e-bikes soared by 75% over the past seven years and one-third of all new
bicycles are now powered by a battery,
the study said. Sales of traditional bikes, meanwhile, have fallen back
37% since 2010.
ABN Amro is forecasting bike sales 3% higher in 2018.
More
bikes are also being sold online. In 2013, fewer than one in 10 bikes was
bought online but that has now risen to over 25%.
The total Dutch bike fleet is
probably over 22.7 million by now – 1.3 bikes for every man, woman and child in
the country – roads lobby group Bovag
said recently.
‘We can’t give exact numbers because bikes don’t have number
plates and are not registered centrally,’ a spokesman said.
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