Fun facts on E bikes

If you want to avoid a sweaty bicycle ride, why don’t you convert your old bicycle to an Electric bicycle? Recycle a bicycle! Isn’t it a great idea? An easy uphill ride with a converted e bike. But before you think about converting your old bike, check out these fun facts about e bikes.

  

The Beginning: 

E Bikes was first seen in 1970's during the energy crisis. In 1990's e bike was gaining more notice, by that time they use hub motors to activate the pedal power.

In 2005, E bikes are gaining its popularity. An estimated 100,000 units were sold nationwide.

It then again was said to have reached 200,000 units sold in 2009. A whopping 100,000 e bikes sold in a span of 4 years. 

The E Bike Fun Facts:

Including energy cost, purchase price and expenses on running the vehicle, an estimated total cost per mile of an e bike is less than 5 cents compared to a car's 71 cents. This is according to NY times.

An E bike can run up to 20 to 50 miles on a battery charge; can even go higher up to 60 to 70 miles depending on battery used.

• An average of 25 gallons of fuel is saved for every 500 miles an e bike is used in place of a car.
• 3.42 pounds of hydrocarbon, 25.28 pounds of carbon monoxide and 1.77 pounds of nitrogen oxide was prevented to cause pollution, in every 500 miles an e bike is used in place of a car. Wow!
• The e bike's energy consumption in terms of fuel economy converts into about 1000 miles per gallon.
• More errands at a 10 mile range from home were done using these e bikes.
• E bike batteries can be charged by plugging into an electrical outlet or by pedaling.
• An average e bike can go up to 20miles per hour.
• And lastly avoiding just 10 miles of driving per week can eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

See? There are more than a hundred ways we can benefit out of an e bike. This is one vehicle that is slowly gaining popularity due to more people are more conscious of their health, conscious of the amount of money spent and the awareness of helping solve the pollution problem all over the world.

By using an e bike we are taking a step in helping clean the environment and once again making it a 

habitable place for our children’s future.