If e-bike journeys constituted even just 11% of all vehicle trips, the total transportation-related emissions would come down by 7%.
Countries and carmakers around the world have been investing heavily over the past couple of years to reduce carbon emissions. While most of them are concentrating on electric cars, there is one industry which has already done more to reduce emissions than cars & that is e-bikes.
According to a report, while electric cars are big, expensive and need more convincing – e-bikes are much more affordable and can be adopted faster. Last year’s data shows that 20 million electric cars and 1.3 million electric buses, vans and trucks were operating around the world. This is nothing compared to the 280 million e-bikes, scooters, mopeds and three-wheelers already in operation.
In countries where bikes & scooters are popular, affordable electric mobility solutions have picked up well. So much so that their adoption has already helped cut oil demand by one million barrels per day or roughly 1% of the global demand; this is 4-times more than what electric cars have managed to displace.
Researchers in the USA stated that if e-bike journeys constituted even just 11% of all vehicle trips, the total transportation-related emissions would come down by 7%. These researchers also stated that there is further room for improvement. Using even smaller electric mobility devices like skateboards & scooters could help solve the public’s last-mile solutions.
There is also more opportunity for adoption in richer countries like the USA, wherein 60% of all car trips are less than 10 km long – a journey an e-bike can easily cover.
Keyword: E-bikes help cut down global oil demand 4 times more than EVs