{"id":26632,"date":"2026-10-07T07:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/le-velo-electrique-un-moyen-de-transport-economique-en\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:28:10","slug":"the-electric-bike-an-economical-means-of-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/en\/the-electric-bike-an-economical-means-of-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"The electric bike, an economical means of transport?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase price, energy consumption, maintenance cost\u2026 The <strong>electric bike<\/strong> is an economical means of transport on every count. Moreover, using one requires neither insurance nor a driving licence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchase price of an EAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purchase price of an <strong>electrically assisted bike (EAB)<\/strong> is certainly higher than that of a traditional bike. However, this two-wheeler is much more practical, comfortable and easy to handle. The <strong>electric bike<\/strong> is also a long-term investment.Used every day to get to work and ride around town, it saves you a lot of money on petrol, parking, insurance and maintenance compared with a car.<\/p>\n<p>Prices of <strong>electric bikes<\/strong> vary according to the brand, the model and the quality. Some top-of-the-range e-bikes cost around \u20ac3,000. However, you can buy a good quality <strong>electric bike<\/strong> on a budget of \u20ac800 to \u20ac1,800.<\/p>\n<p>If you own a sturdy classic bike, you can still turn it into an EAB by fitting an <strong>electric motor<\/strong> and a rechargeable battery. The purchase price of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/fr\/kit-de-conversion-velo-electrique\">electric <i>bike<\/i> motorisation kit<\/a> is between \u20ac200 and \u20ac300. That of the battery is between \u20ac500 and \u20ac700. Converting your own bike will cost you much less than buying a new EAB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Energy consumption of an EAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An <u>electric bike<\/u> consumes 8 times less energy than a scooter and 70 times less than a car. For a 100 km journey, an EAB needs just 1 kWh.<\/p>\n<p>The full recharge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/fr\/batterie-velo-electrique\">electric bike battery<\/a> costs about \u20ac0.043. With a 60 km range, the battery recharge cost is estimated at \u20ac0.72 for a 1,000 km journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maintenance cost of an EAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To ride safely and keep your <strong>electric bike<\/strong> working perfectly, it is advisable to have it serviced at least once or twice a year. During servicing, the wear of the brakes and tyres must be checked. On average, an EAB service costs \u20ac35.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase price, energy consumption, maintenance cost\u2026 The electric bike is economical on every count. What is more, using one requires neither insurance nor a driving licence. Breakdown of the budget!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-user-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.power-e-bike.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}