Looking for a Clean Two-Wheeler but Not Finding Electric Bikes Racy Enough?
Although the move to encouraging the use of electric cars is to be welcomed in terms of them being powered by a much cleaner energy than petrol or diesel (as long as the electricity is generated from renewable sources of course ... but this is another story...) electric cars still cause congestion on the roads.
An alternative to electric cars is electric two-wheelers. An article in Green Futures, July 2010, asks "Looking for a clean two-wheeler, but not finding electric bikes racy enough?"
Yamaha is selling shares to raise $812 million to bring low cost electric motorcycles to a wider audience. The move is just the tip of the iceberg according to cleantech market analysts Pike Research, who expect to see sales of electric bicycles, motorcycles and scooters top 466 million by 2016. China - where 120 million e-bikes currently outnumber cars by as much as four-to-one - will continue to dominate the market for two-wheel EVs, Pike anticipates, representing more than 95% of sales over the next six years.
For more information visit: Green Futures
July 24, 2010
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