In 2023, Lectric helped electrify more Americans than Ford, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Rivian, Lucid, BMW, and Porsche combined. Most of this growth is powered by the success of Lectric’s most popular electric bike, the Lectric XP, which is the third most popular EV in America behind only the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.
Given this Business Insider report that 1.1 million ebikes across all brands were imported to the USA in 2022, it’s certainly very reasonable and actually quite likely that Lectric eBikes moved more than 62 thousand bikes in 2023 on their own. But I’m reluctant to use the company’s own statement as proof of that.
The graph from that report (showing ebike and EV automobile sales from 2018-2022) draws data from Kelly Blue Book and from the Light Electric Vehicle Association, which apparently is a trade group for ebike manufacturers and dealers. So those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. Still, it does paint a rather compelling picture that, as whole markets, ebikes may be outstripping EV automobile sales in the USA.
IMO, with a suitable data source, that would have been a more compelling headline.
I’m not sure the headline from the article has been independently verified. I don’t doubt it, but the only citation for Lectric’s sales figures are from their own press releases or from their own web page:
The article links to another article which breaks down EV automobile sales, indicating the 2nd best seller is the Telsa Model 3 at 220,910 units, and the 3rd best seller as the Chevy Bolt at 62,045.
Given this Business Insider report that 1.1 million ebikes across all brands were imported to the USA in 2022, it’s certainly very reasonable and actually quite likely that Lectric eBikes moved more than 62 thousand bikes in 2023 on their own. But I’m reluctant to use the company’s own statement as proof of that.
The graph from that report (showing ebike and EV automobile sales from 2018-2022) draws data from Kelly Blue Book and from the Light Electric Vehicle Association, which apparently is a trade group for ebike manufacturers and dealers. So those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. Still, it does paint a rather compelling picture that, as whole markets, ebikes may be outstripping EV automobile sales in the USA.
IMO, with a suitable data source, that would have been a more compelling headline.
It’s Electrek. If they ever wanted to verify claims, they’d be out of the Tesla business years ago.