Weinert, Jonathan; Ma, Chaktan; Cherry, Christopher - In: Transportation 34 (2007) 3, pp. 301-318
Annual electric bike (e-bike) sales in China grew from 40,000 in 1998 to 10 million in 2005. This rapid transition from … the evolution of transportation technology and, thus far, unique to China. We examine how and why e-bikes developed so … quickly in China with particular focus on the key technical, economic, and political factors involved. This case study …