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compared to some 236,000 units
between 2010 and 2014), so in all
probability 2017 moped sales were
flat or modestly down and the 2018
data will reveal a similar 2017/18
regulatory delayed aftershock to that
seen in the motorcycle data for
2016/17.
In other news, the number of internal
combustion engine quadricycles
registered in the EU in 2017 was down
by -31.4 percent at 48,427 units from
70,578 in 2016, following steady
growth of two or three thousand units
a y ear for the period 2013 through
2015 and a 10,526 growth between
2015-2016.
The electric motorcycle market
continues to lag significantly behind
demand for electric mopeds, but even
those registrations show how juvenile
the EV PTW market still is in Europe.
In 2017, 4,121 new electric motorcycle
registrations were recorded; up +17.9
percent from 3,496 in 2016, 2,230 in
2015 and 1,995 in 2014.
Combined EU 2011-2017 electric motorcycle,
moped and quadricycle registrations Data source: ACEM
+56.29%
34,392
40,000
30,000
+45.22%
22,005
+53.04%
15,973
20,000
10,437
10,000
“This is trend data that is much closer
to the unofficial estimates being cited
by some of the major market trade
associations and manufacturers”
-40.53%
9,499
+22.18%
+30.56% 15,153
12,402
Electric moped registrations were
27,029 units, which is up
dramatically (+138.3 percent) from
the 11,342 registrations recorded for
2016 as ride share schemes and
incentives take effect, and new
generations of more powerful
Pedelecs come onto the market
(there were 9,227 electric mopeds
registered in 2015, 7,948 in 2016).
Some 3,242 electric quadricycles were
registered in 2017, down -54.8 percent
from 7,167 in 2017, which is itself up
93.9 percent from the 3,696 recorded
in 2015; and we here at IDN think that
it can be safely said that this particular
trend is not triggered by changes in
emissions compliance standards!
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