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The electronic bike market in the United States, and the wider micromortent industry consisting of electronic bikes, electronic scooters and other kidnappers, feels that the roller effects of the Trump administration’s recent action to impose new tariffs on global imports, only quickly in reverse only a few days later.

Sudden changes in policy through the micromope industry have sent shock waves, making companies being set up and consumers unknown to future pricing.

Tariffs are nothing new for the electronic bike industry. In 2018, the first Trump administration Announced heavy tariffs up to 25 % In a wide range of products imported from China, including electronic bicycles and electric scooters. This was a rational reason for protecting American production and pushing China to eliminate trade imbalances. While tariffs targeted wider categories, the electric bike industry – formerly dependent on Chinese production – was standing to withstand significant financial pressure.

For years, the exception of tariffs and then tariff tariffs made the electronic bike industry a strong stomach, as it changes Chinese production to other asian countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia. But nothing can prepare the industry – or consumers – for what is made in the form of new sloping tariffs from Trump’s second government.

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In February this year, 20 % tariffs were added to Chinese imports above the 25 % tariffs currently available on electric bikes. Then the “Freedom Day” tariffs in April pushed 34 % more tariffs on top of it, which rapidly came at 84 % tariffs on Chinese imports. Financial markets in the United States and around the world disappeared.

As China stood up against what he referred to as Trump’s “unilateral bullying”, with its mutual tariffs, and as Trump’s advisers were rapidly developing the US bond crisis, the president finally supported and eventually increased the 90-day pause on the newly than 105 % tariffs. When the invoice in the main tariffs of 25 % on electronic bikes from Section 301, this is a 150 % tariff rate for electronic bicycles and electronic scooters imported from the world’s largest electronic bike manufacturer and electronic scooter. In other words, an electronic bike that costs $ 500 to produce a company in China now costs $ 1.250 to import the border into the United States-and this is before any other expenses, such as ocean transport or operational costs in the United States.

Almost immediately, horror flows through the industry. Companies that have been imported with these new import tasks should consider rapid price increases, changes in production bases, or attracts their widespread costs. Electric bicycles and scooters, which are currently popular as the right options for cars and public transport, are the risk of being available for average consumer. , For example, a warning in Velotric websiteA few days ago, the tariff rate on Chinese electronic bicycles explained half of what they were today, explaining: “Due to the implementation of new tariffs, pricing in selected models may increase from April 15225. This decision to ensure that we can continue the high quality electronic bikes you like, while new tariffs.”

With China’s electric bicycles, it now hangs more than twice as much as the companies that have made a week ago for high uncertainty in the market. In the past, we’ve seen some companies Increase price When tariffs have floated their costs, while others have attracted up to 25 % increased tariffs, they modify their margins to keep prices affordable for consumers. But no electronic bicycle company can double their costs.

Several electronic bicycles have spent the past few years preparing for their production from China. Locaric waterFor example, it has almost completely moved its production and has been transferred to other Asian countries at a low US tariff rate. The CEO of the company, LEVI CONLOW, explained last November at the Micromobility A America 2024 conference that the move was part of a longer strategy for searching for production in countries that had not traditionally saved Trump’s smaller trade wars.

However, in the twist and humor, Vietnam, one of the most important options for producing electronic bikes, was hit even higher than China when the “liberalization day tariffs were announced on April 2, at least until the Trump administration reached the rate of China even higher than Vietnam.

Experts argue that such unpredictable tariff policies are harmful in an industry that boosts predictable consistency and costs. Electronic bike development cycles often take a year or more, and pricing strategies are key considerations when preparing new models that require months to design, produce and send to the United States. Import -related companies, which constitute almost the whole of the US micromopylite part, seek transparency to grow with the confidence of their operations and meet the consumer demand for electronic bicycles. In the meantime, Internal production optionsAlthough slowly moving, the bucket drop remains compared to the imports.

US -based manufacturers Electric Bike CompanyWhich assembles their electronic bikes in California, is unable to support widespread demand for electronic bicycles across the United States. Even the few electronic bike makers in the United States still import almost all of their components from abroad, and China is still providing the main supplier of electronic bike parts. From bicycle frames to engines and batteries, the minimum number of electronic bikes made in the United States use almost exclusively made of external parts, as the United States lacks production capabilities to produce these components on any reasonable scale to replace the extensive volume of existing production from China.

While the vast markets have led to experimental after most tariffs have left all countries except China, uncertainty remains, not inevitable that the rising prices that all have been produced on electric bikes that dominate the market are inevitable. Defenders and business leaders continue to urge policy makers to prioritize continuous and clear trade policies. In the rapid world of electric bikes and scooters, stability is very important to maintain environmentally friendly transportation movement.