A man riding an electric bike in Madrid, Spain in April 2019. | Getty Images

Riders and experts answer your questions about e-bikes The switch to battery-powered cars may get more media attention, but in the immediate future, the real revolution in electric transportation may be taking place on two wheels.
Rapidly growing in popularity, electric bikes, or e-bikes, are poised to create a renaissance of two-wheeled commuters, attracted to the extended range and easier commutes offered by this form of battery-powered transit. Deloitte predicts that between 2020 and 2023, 130 million electric bikes will be sold around the globe.
?Over the last few years, we?ve seen them explode in popularity in Europe, and now that?s expanding to the U.S.,? says Kate Fillin-Yeh, director of strategy for the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). ?E-bike prices are poised to go down, while distribution is increasing.? Fillin-Yeh has found that electric bikes are increasingly being introduced into bikeshare systems across the country, one way U.S. riders are starting to become more familiar with electric bikes, while more and more consumers are considering purchasing their own bikes. It portends a future with more electric bikes sprinting down city streets, making it easier for more people to use cycling as a main or primary means of getting around their cities.
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