Electric Bike Statistics & Data to Know in 2026

Electric Bike Statistics & Data to Know in 2026

Electric bikes have gone from a niche purchase to a mainstream way to get around, and the latest electric bike statistics show how fast that shift has moved. The United States imported about 1.7 million e-bikes in 2024, up from 0.99 million in 2023, a 72% jump in a single year, according to eCycleElectric. The global e-bike market was worth $48.72 billion in 2024 and is set to reach $71.48 billion by 2030, MarketsandMarkets found. And riders are putting those bikes to real use, with about 74% of US e-bike owners riding at least once a week, per YouGov.

This page pulls together electric bike statistics for 2026 across five areas. US sales and imports. The global market and where it is headed. Who rides and why. How e-bikes replace car trips. And the safety data behind the headlines. Every figure comes from a government agency, a peer-reviewed study, an industry analyst, or a transportation research center.

Key Electric Bike Statistics at a Glance

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US Electric Bike Sales and Import Statistics

These e-bike sales statistics track how quickly the US market has scaled.

The US imported about 1.7 million e-bikes in 2024, up from 0.99 million in 2023, which works out to 72% growth in one year, eCycleElectric reported. The number of businesses bringing e-bikes into the country climbed too, from about 300 in 2023 to roughly 900 in 2024, a sign that the market is still drawing new sellers rather than consolidating.

The supply chain still leans heavily on one country. Around 90% of the e-bikes imported into the US in 2024 came from mainland China, with the rest from Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Germany, and a handful of others.

Demand is expected to keep building. eCycleElectric projects US e-bike sales could approach 7 million units a year by 2030 under a strong-growth scenario.

For riders weighing a first electric bike, our lineup of urban e-bikes covers the commuter use case that drives most of this growth.

Global Electric Bike Market Statistics

These electric bike market statistics show a category that keeps expanding worldwide.

The global e-bike market was worth $48.72 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $71.48 billion by 2030, growing at a 6.6% annual rate, MarketsandMarkets found.

North America is set to be the fastest-growing region through 2030, the same report noted, even though North American and European sales dipped about 2.8% and 3.7% in 2024 as retailers worked through pandemic-era overstock. That dip looks like a short correction rather than a reversal, with the longer forecast still pointing up and to the right.

Battery and motor improvements are a big part of the story. Lithium-ion gains, better range, and broader micromobility services are the forces the analysts tie to the long climb. Off-road demand has been one of the bright spots, which is why our off-road e-bikes sit in one of the segments still growing fastest.

Electric Bike Rider Demographics

These e-bike owner statistics describe who is actually riding.

Among US e-bike owners, 59% are male and 41% are female, and 86% fall between the ages of 18 and 44, YouGov found. Ownership skews urban, with 62% of owners living in a city compared with 33% of people who do not own an e-bike.

Income tracks with ownership as well. About 30% of e-bike owners live in households earning more than $100,000 a year, against 17% of non-owners.

These are not garage decorations. YouGov found 74% of owners ride at least once a week, and 7% of all Americans ride an e-bike at least once a month. Men make up more of the frequent riders, with 10% of US men and 4% of US women riding an e-bike monthly, the same survey found.

Fat-tire models have pulled in a lot of new riders looking for stability and range, and our fat-tire e-bikes speak to that group directly.

How Electric Bikes Replace Car Trips

These e-bike usage statistics show where the real-world payoff lands.

A North American survey of nearly 1,800 e-bike owners by Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center found the average e-bike trip ran 9.3 miles, far longer than a typical pedal-bike trip and well within range for errands and commutes that would otherwise mean driving.

Denver's e-bike rebate program put real numbers on that substitution. Over its first nine months, surveyed riders replaced an average of 3.4 round-trip car trips and rode 26 miles every week, the City of Denver's 2022 Ebike Incentive Program evaluation reported, and 71% of respondents said they drove a gas vehicle less often after buying one.

Riders stuck with the habit. Among voucher recipients who used the ride-tracking app, 90% rode weekly and 65% rode at least once a day, averaging 3.3 miles per trip, the same evaluation found. As of 2026 the city says the program has helped Denverites replace more than 1 million car trips.

A long-range commuter is what makes those numbers possible, and the Diesel RS-1 is built for exactly the distance the data describes.

Electric Bike Safety Statistics

These e-bike safety statistics cover the figures journalists cite most, drawn straight from the federal agencies that collect them.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recorded 533 micromobility deaths from 2017 through 2024, counting e-bikes, e-scooters, and hoverboards together, and e-bikes accounted for 311 of them. Micromobility fatalities rose from 5 in 2017 to 135 in 2024 as the devices became far more common on US streets.

Emergency department visits followed the same curve. Micromobility-related ED visits climbed from 37,300 in 2017 to 149,100 in 2024, the CPSC found, with an estimated 698,500 such injuries treated over the eight-year span. E-bikes alone accounted for about 155,200 of those ED visits.

For scale, e-scooters accounted for 206 of those 533 micromobility deaths over the same period, so e-bikes and e-scooters together drive most of the category's fatality count as ridership climbs.

Most of that rise reflects how many more people now ride, not a uniquely dangerous machine. Federal crash data makes the point. The US recorded 1,166 pedalcyclist deaths in 2023, up slightly from 1,117 in 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported, and 81% of those deaths happened in urban areas where cars and bikes share tight space. Starting with 2022 data, NHTSA folds motorized bicycle riders into its pedalcyclist counts, so e-bike riders now sit inside that national figure.

The takeaways for riders are practical. Stick to a class-rated e-bike, wear a helmet, and treat dense urban riding with the same caution any cyclist should.

Pediatric Electric Bike Safety Statistics

These child e-bike injury statistics are the ones pediatric researchers flag.

A peer-reviewed study in Surgery Open Science, indexed at PubMed, tracked 3,945 e-bike injuries in the federal National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 2011 through 2020. E-bike injuries climbed steadily over the decade even as childhood pedal-bicycle injuries fell.

The study found e-bike crashes were more serious. Injuries required hospitalization 11.5% of the time for e-bikes, against 4.8% for pedal bicycles. Children aged 10 to 13 made up 44.3% of the e-bike injuries, and 97.3% of injured e-bike riders were not wearing a helmet, compared with 82.1% of injured pedal-bike riders, per the same study.

The practical lesson for families is straightforward. Match the bike's class and speed to the rider, and keep the fastest models off-limits for younger children.

What the Electric Bike Statistics Say About 2026

Read together, these electric bike statistics for 2026 point in one direction. Adoption is climbing, the market keeps growing, and e-bikes are replacing real car trips at a meaningful rate. The safety numbers rise alongside ridership, which is what any fast-growing transport category shows, and they make a clear case for helmets, class-rated bikes, and sensible urban riding rather than for stepping away from the category.

We build e-bikes for the riders these numbers describe, the commuters trading car miles for bike miles and the weekend riders pushing into longer range. Browse the full Diesel range and find the bike that fits how you actually ride.

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