Not sure about the UK, but here in the US, you could buy an ebike for every day of the week for the price of a mediocre car that will still require a few thousand dollars of work over the time that you own it. Guess who doesn’t have money? Young people!

Ebike $2000 x 7 = $14000 An average used car is way more than $14k

If you rarely go further than 15 miles from home and it’s safe and reasonably temperate where you live, you are throwing money out the window by not using a bike or ebike. And cars keep getting bigger, heavier, and more expensive.

My ebike has probably kept 5-10 thousand miles off my car and city miles cause worse wear than highway miles.

E-Bike Positive says more young adults aged 25-34 are planning to travel by ebike over cars or public transport, with nearly half saying they’re more likely to buy an ebike than they were a year ago.

Some other stats in the article, but this is the answer to the headline click bait.

"Young people are leading the UK’s charge in electric bike popularity, according to new research <…>

E-Bike Positive says more young adults aged 25-34 are planning to travel by ebike over cars or public transport, with nearly half saying they’re more likely to buy an ebike than they were a year ago."

Interestingly, and probably because the UK are assholes towards e-scooters, but in Canada, I’m seeing a lot more people riding e-scooters this past year.

The growth in e-scooters is probably larger than with e-bikes around here!

Municipalities should incentivize, and promote, these devices to more people. Yes, with an education piece, too.