U.S. Riders cover an estimated 62 million miles on eBikes powered by a Bosch System

Since the first eBikes equipped with the Bosch smart system reached riders in the United States, those riders have covered an estimated 62 million miles, according to anonymized, aggregated usage data from Bosch eBike Systems.

More than 52 million of those miles are measured directly, drawn from riders who have opted into the eBike Flow app through activity tracking and connected-bike odometer readings. Conservatively extrapolated across all eBikes running the Bosch smart system in the U.S., the total comes to roughly 62 million miles.

These miles were not covered by a fleet or a field of professionals (though many eBikes with a Bosch system are used for deliveries and bike share). Commuters, parents hauling kids and groceries, mountain bikers, and riders returning to cycling after years away covered them.

That rider mix maps onto a broader shift underway across the U.S. market. A recent PeopleForBikes analysis describes an eBike market moving from recreation toward everyday transportation, and from the enthusiast toward the everyday rider: families, commuters, and errand-runners who never thought of themselves as cyclists. Categories built for hauling, including electric cargo bikes, are now among the fastest-growing in the country. The same analysis found the market to be considerably larger than headline retail figures suggest. Once direct-to-consumer and peer-to-peer channels were counted, close to one million e-bikes were bought or sold in the United States in 2024, roughly double the size the conventional numbers had shown. Sales figures capture what riders buy; usage data like the eBike Flow figures captures what they do with the bikes afterward, and both point in the same direction.

The figures cover only eBikes running the Bosch smart system, and only riders who have opted in to sharing data through the eBike Flow app. The first of those bikes didn't reach the U.S. market until 2023, so the total reflects roughly three years of riding rather than a full accounting of eBike travel on Bosch systems. Because previous versions of Bosch eBike systems were introduced in the US market starting in 2014, cumulative mileage on Bosch-equipped eBikes is massive.

Bosch eBike Systems works with more than 100 of the world’s leading bicycle brands, supplying networked drive systems including motors, batteries, displays, and the eBike Flow app. For more information about Bosch eBike Systems and its range of offerings, please visit https://www.bosch-ebike.com/us/why-ride-bosch.