Sales of new mopeds and mopeds (or scooters) in 2020 were at the highest level since 2010. A total of 84.711 copies were registered, an increase of 45 percent compared to a year earlier. One fifth of these were electrically powered, according to figures from RAI Vereniging, BOVAG and RDC.
The need for individual forms of transport has grown significantly in 2020 due to the corona crisis. Partly due to the restrictions in public transport, the bicycle, motorcycle and scooter were more often chosen as alternatives. Of all new scooters last year, almost three quarters concerned a moped variant with a maximum speed of 25 km / h, compared to less than two thirds in 2019. A total of 62.348 new mopeds were delivered, of which almost 22 percent were electrically powered. A year earlier, the share of electric variants in moped sales was 15 percent. As a result, the scooter industry is well on track to implement the Climate Agreement, in which it has been agreed that new moped bicycles will only be electric from 2025. The high degree of electrification can partly be attributed to the increasing popularity of shared services that almost exclusively use electric mopeds.
MOPEDS
The number of registrations of new mopeds (maximum speed 45 km / h) increased from 19.927 in 2019 to 22.423 last year; an increase of 12,5 percent. As with light moped sales, the share of electric variants among new mopeds increased, from 14 percent in 2019 to more than 18 percent in 2020.
THE MOST REGISTERED BRANDS OF SNORCYCLE IN 2020 WERE:
Piaggio (12.208 pieces)
Sym (8.047 pieces)
La Souris (6.251 pieces)
THE MOST REGISTERED BRANDS OF MOPED IN 2020 WERE:
Sym (4.780 pieces);
Piaggio (3.762 pieces);
Kymco (1.975 pieces).
HELMPLIGHT SNORCYCLES
BOVAG and RAI Vereniging emphasize that the rapid electrification of the moped park is rapidly bringing the agreed climate goals closer. A possible helmet obligation for light-moped riders will, however, ruin these developments. The lower maximum speed, in combination with a place on a safe cycle path and the lack of a helmet requirement, has proven to be of decisive importance for hundreds of thousands of moped owners. For providers of scooter sharing, a helmet obligation is also practically impracticable and downright unhygienic. In a recently published report by Arcadis, 55 percent of light moped riders indicate that they will switch to another means of transport if the helmet requirement is introduced. 4 out of 10 then opt for the car, which is undesirable, because it would put further pressure on accessibility and quality of life, mainly in cities. All forms of two-wheelers are desperately needed and there is no place for discouragement of moped use, according to RAI Vereniging and BOVAG, and certainly not if the rapid electrification is hindered. BOVAG reports this on them website.
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