A comparison of grants and subsidies offered by European governments to increase electric bike use and reduce pollution sees the UK languishing near the bottom of the table.
The December 2016 report from the European Cyclists’ Federation shows the differing levels of financial incentives for e-cycling in a number of countries at both national and local levels.
Founded in 1983, ECF’s mission is to ‘promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation’. This report is presented by the group as showing that ‘numerous countries and authorities have already realised that promoting electric bikes through grants is a very cost-effective way to achieve the decarbonisation of the transport system.’
ECF notes that e-mobility incentives in Europe have largely focused on cars; this is despite the fact that the group say an electric bike costs, on average, “less than 8% of the price of an electric car”.
Germany is cited as a case in point, with €1.4bn of public subsidies spent on research and development of electric cars until 2014, with approaching a further billion euros invested to encourage uptake since. However, the report notes a ‘rather disappointing 25,500 electric cars on German streets as a result – with the 1 million electric cars target of 2020 seeming almost impossible to reach’.
Full story: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/news/electric-bike-grants-uk-trails-european-countries/
(French grant discussed recently on this link: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/french-state-subsidises-ebikes.27041/)
My thanks to anotherkiwi for flagging this up to me, always appreciated
The December 2016 report from the European Cyclists’ Federation shows the differing levels of financial incentives for e-cycling in a number of countries at both national and local levels.
Founded in 1983, ECF’s mission is to ‘promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation’. This report is presented by the group as showing that ‘numerous countries and authorities have already realised that promoting electric bikes through grants is a very cost-effective way to achieve the decarbonisation of the transport system.’
ECF notes that e-mobility incentives in Europe have largely focused on cars; this is despite the fact that the group say an electric bike costs, on average, “less than 8% of the price of an electric car”.
Germany is cited as a case in point, with €1.4bn of public subsidies spent on research and development of electric cars until 2014, with approaching a further billion euros invested to encourage uptake since. However, the report notes a ‘rather disappointing 25,500 electric cars on German streets as a result – with the 1 million electric cars target of 2020 seeming almost impossible to reach’.
Full story: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/news/electric-bike-grants-uk-trails-european-countries/
(French grant discussed recently on this link: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/french-state-subsidises-ebikes.27041/)
My thanks to anotherkiwi for flagging this up to me, always appreciated
