Electrek reports e-bikes are creating a shortage of repair workers in Europe
A report says Europe’s growing use of bicycles and e-bikes has created an unexpected shortage of people to repair them. The issue matters because more electric bikes are reaching the market faster than service capacity is expanding.
Electrek reports that Europe has spent years encouraging people to replace car trips with bicycles and e-bikes, and that this shift has been working in many places.
The publication says the wider adoption of increasingly sophisticated electric bicycles has created a new problem: there are not enough people available to fix them.
The report does not give figures for the shortage, and it frames the issue as an unexpected consequence of the region’s move toward cycling and e-bikes.