I think there is more than that but also think flecc is right, people buy kits because of the obvious savings beside the satisfaction of knowing all nooks and crannies in your bike.Well it seems prices is the main criteria here when comes to kits.
Coming back to the subject uk companies which design and manufacture here in the UK. That's a subject that I constantly think about since I started in 2011. Hatti here talked to KudosDave and Wisper David and other UK e-bike companies from time to time. We are all motivated to add value to what we do.
I am more interested in the tech aspect but I still have to return a reasonable operational profit to pay the wages. That puts a limit to the commercial risks that I can take. Modifying a frame is OK like I did to sit my crank motor above the bottom bracket but when you look at kits, you have the motor, the battery and the electronics. I can't see where the commercial quantities would come from to manufacture locally.
Woosh Krieger 2016 with the motor sitting above the bottom bracket and gearshift sensor placed inside the downtube:
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