(Finance) – It is private mobility that supports the market for electric-powered motorcycles and quadricycles in Italy. After the very positive numbers recorded last year, also as a result of the orders for fleets for sharing and services, 2021 still shows an overall + 32.6% over 2020 thanks, above all, to the push that quadricycles (+448.8 %) and motorcycles (+ 56.2%) impressed the demand for zero-emission vehicles in the sector.
The influence of orders for shared mobility services and for businesses in 2020 – explains theAncma – is particularly felt on the scooter market, which in any case recorded a + 5% with over 6,300 vehicles registered. Without considering the 2020 orders, the segment would see a positive increase of over 85%. The moped market is also not unscathed, the only segment with a minus sign, which puts more than 3900 pieces on the road, equal to -10.5%.
Net of boom of quadricycles, which went from 716 to 3930 pieces, the two-wheeler market recorded a total of + 0.5% on 2020, with 10,848 vehicles registered (+ 85.5% on 2019). The performance of motorcycles is noteworthy, which goes from 388 pieces sold in 2020 to 606, a further sign of the appreciation of zero-emission vehicles for private individual mobility. In general, the vitality of the market is also characterized by the increase in the product offer and the growing presence of new brands on the market.
For Gary Fabris, president of the Confindustria Ancma Electric Vehicle Group, “there is no doubt the growth of the electric, highlighted by the numbers and the interest in these vehicles, also found in the recent Eicma fair; but even more noteworthy is the fact that the sales have finally interested the private market, this is the real thermometer of the interest in the electric. All the companies in the sector are working to produce more and more performing and captivating vehicles for the general public “.
Further development of the sector is also expected thanks to theecobonus for motorbikes, scooters, mopeds, tricycles and quadricycles with electric drive, which counts on an allocation of 150 million euros until 2026. In 2021, approximately 28 million euros were consumed, i.e. an amount greater than the 20 million fund set aside for 2020, making it necessary to use a reserve set aside from previous campaigns. Predictably, the tranche of 20 million allocated for 2022 will not be sufficient and therefore an injection of liquidity will be necessary to support the market.
Finally, the data concerning the bicycle market pedal assisted 2021 will be released by next spring. From the first estimates, the trend of eBikes would be indicative of the 2020 numbers, a record year for the sector with over 280 thousand units sold, equal to + 44% on 2019.