The electric scooters market continued to grow more slowly in 2020, passing the 2 million user mark in France, according to figures from the profession published on Tuesday, April 20.
Sales of electric scooters increased by 8% in value and 34% in volume in 2020, with 640,000 units sold for 207 million euros in turnover, according to the barometer of the Federation of Micromobility Professionals (FP2M ) and the foresight agency Smart Mobility Lab.
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However, the growth rate fell compared to 2019, since we then had + 73% in value and + 104% in volume.
“The market is more than maintaining itself.
Despite the closure of many resellers and despite the absence of state aid, we have observed the consolidation of a phenomenon, ”
summed up the director of Smart Mobility, Jean Ambert, to AFP.
"It is a mode of transport that has become democratized"
with prices still falling, especially since these devices
"allow people to continue to move while respecting barrier gestures"
in these times of pandemic, he said. he notices.
"Tensions on supplies"
The sales of electric scooters exceeded for the second year those of electric bikes - admittedly more expensive -, with more than 2 million
"trotters"
, according to him.
At the same time, the micromobility market was marked last year by a decline in sales of mechanical scooters (-15% in volume) and electric skateboards (-23%), while gyroroues and gyropods had the wind in its sails (+ 30% and + 206% respectively), with volumes however still modest for these more futuristic machines.
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Now dominated by urban mobility, the market for personal travel vehicles (EDP, which includes scooters) has grown by 1% in volume and 7% in value overall, with a turnover estimated at 291 million. euros. The collapse in sales due to the first confinement in spring 2020 was overtaken by
"a boom"
then, traders having largely converted to
"click and collect"
(withdrawal of purchases ordered on the Internet). The trend continues in 2021, Jean Ambert reporting
"tensions on supplies"
, both at the level of the logistics chain and on the supply of electronic components.
