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In Nelson, e-bikes are in such high demand that stock barely touches the shelves before it’s wheeled out the door. The Cycle Shop co-owner Tony Mallabar said about five years ago, e-bike sales would have made up about five per cent of their business. Nowadays, e-bikes were “quickly becoming half our business as far as bike sales go,”. The popularity of e-bikes and e-scooters – which are bicycles and scooters with electric motors – has gained a lot of traction in Aotearoa over the past few years. New data shows that demand for them isn’t dwindling just yet.