There’s no denying the fact electric bikes have more components than an unassisted bike, but modern e-bikes are now getting much closer to matching their non-electric equivalents in the weight department. Folding bikes still lead the way as the lightest e-bikes available, but carbon fibre framed e-road and hybrid bikes are slowly catching up.
E-bikes bring a lot of desirable features to the table but weight is not necessarily one of them. Swiss-made Lightrider E Ultimate claims to be the light.