電動自行車被評爲瑞典年度最受歡迎聖誕禮物大綱

The electric bike has been tipped as this year's hottest Christmas present in Sweden, an announcement that coincides with the government's fall budget, which included a proposal to introduce a subsidy on electric bikes.

電動自行車成爲今年瑞典最受歡迎的聖誕節禮物，該消息公佈之時恰逢政府秋季預算出爐，其中便包括一項關於出臺電動自行車補貼的提案。

According to HUI Research, an institute owned by the Swedish Trade Federation, the electric bike has, in a short time, gone from being an exclusive item to having mass appeal.

瑞典貿易委聯合會下屬的HUI研究所稱，電動自行車在短時間內已從一種小衆產品轉變爲具有吸引力的大衆消費品。

It has the potential "to change both society's infrastructure and human behavior," according to a statement published on the HUI Research website.

在該研究所網站上發佈的一份公告稱，電動自行車“具有改變社會基礎設施和人類行爲的潛力”。

"The electric bike is reaching a bigger market. It takes the pressure off car traffic and public transport and has the potential to speed up the development of smarter cities," said HUI Research CEO Jonas Arnberg.

HUI研究所首席執行官約納斯·阿恩貝里稱：“電動自行車正在進入一個更大的市場。它減輕了汽車交通和公共交通的壓力，並有加速智能化城市的發展的潛力。”

"Concern about the climate, the health trend, and the government subsidy make it the obvious Christmas present of the year," he said.

他表示：“人們對氣候、健康趨勢的擔憂，以及政府的補貼使電動自行車成爲當之無愧的年度聖誕禮物。”

More than one in 10 bikes sold in Sweden today are electric. Last year, a total of 45,000 electric bikes were sold in the Nordic country.

如今，瑞典售出的自行車中，有超過10%是電動自行車。這個北歐國家去年共售出了4.5萬輛電動自行車。