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Ask HN: Could Tesla produce an e-bike without cannibalizing its car/truck sales?

• balaji1 4y ago
  Bike-share offerings in cities like SF by companies including Lyft seem like would be the earliest big clients for e-bikes in US. These e-bikes were from China, probably produced at volume and at low-margins. There were many articles about these falling into disuse and piling up in dump yards. So round 1 of e-bikes was a failure. But check out https://www.atherenergy.com https://www.atherenergy.com. These e-scooters are becoming more common sight in India. So something like this could be a very different segment from the current Tesla car/truck markets for Tesla.
• superchroma 4y ago
  yes, it opens up sales to a demographic without cars, people without new car money and people also often own bikes and cars as well, so existing Tesla owners would be able to buy.
  • jamesliudotcc 4y ago
    No. Musk thinks cars are the thing. So Tesla can't, at all, regardless of cannibalizing sales or not.
• Dudelander 4y ago
  Not it's not possible. Bike transportation reduces automobile demand for the main demographic that buys Teslas - urban professionals.