Show in early January. (Photo via Energica)
Although a number of electric motorcycles were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January, uncertainty remains around the financing and value retention of these innovative bikes.
“My data is so sparse on [electric bikes] that I haven’t been able to draw any conclusions,” Scott Yarbrough, motorcycle editor at Black Book, told Powersports Finance. “I haven’t had enough of these bikes rolling through the auctions for long enough, in volumes high enough to get a great sense.”
Some data on electric cars is coming through from the automotive market; nearly 80% of battery electric vehicles and 55% of plug-in hybrids are leased in the U.S., a Bloomberg report found.
Additionally, plug-in electrics are expected to retain 27.3% of their value in the coming three years. Steep depreciation has not kept manufacturers from introducing new models, though.
