Electric motorcycle sales in key European markets 2019-2023

Between 2019 and 2022, electric motorcycle sales have shot up throughout all key European markets for two-wheelers. The global Covid-19 pandemic fueled the trend in 2020, with users looking for environmentally-friendly alternatives to sharing public transport systems. Italy was the leading country in terms of sales volume in 2022 with around 11,400 electric motorcycles registered. France Germany and Spain saw similar sales volumes between 8,600 and 9,500 units. Meanwhile the UK began lagging behind in 2022, with only about 3,600 electric motorcycles sold that year.

This trend was interrupted in 2023, where sales of electric motorcycles overall decreased in all the discussed regions. The most significant decrease was seen in Italy, where figures fell by almost 26.6 percent year-on-year.