page_title: Electric bicycle
section_title: Experience by country
hierarchical_section_title: Electric bicycle / Experience by country
caption_attribution_description: Police pedelec in Tokyo
context_page_description: An electric bicycle also known as an e-bike is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used to assist propulsion. Many kinds of e-bikes are available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small motor to assist the rider's pedal-power to more powerful e-bikes which are closer to moped-style functionality. All retain the ability to be pedalled by the rider and are therefore not electric motorcycles.
  E-bikes use rechargeable batteries and the lighter ones can travel up to 25 to 32 km/h, depending on local laws, while the more high-powered varieties can often do more than 45 km/h. In some markets, such as Germany as of 2013, they are gaining in popularity and taking some market share away from conventional bicycles, while in others, such as China as of 2010, they are replacing fossil fuel-powered mopeds and small motorcycles.
  E-bikes function like hybrid electric vehicles since the electric motor combines battery propulsion with another source of electricity but this time by pedal power instead of internal combustion engine power so in some cases the terms used would be hybrid electric bicycle or hybrid pedal-electric bicycle
caption: A police pedelec in Tokyo.
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