Current Trends in the Electric Recumbent Industry

At the current moment in time, electricity powering recumbent vehicles is a bit more of an interest than it is a serious business proposal.  The recumbent industry on its own is not that large anyway, so it really has the unfortunate effect of multiplying all of the problems that people see with electrification.

On a small scale especially, electrification tends to become quite expensive when compared with combustion because one is mass produced and one is not.  This, when combined with the issue of the lack of a lightweight electricity storage solution, is something that really sets the electric industry aside as being one that is not ready yet for prime time.

This has a special significance when it comes to the electric recumbent industry.  When a person is pedaling furiously and trying to get their recumbent from point A to point B, the presence of one or two batteries under the seat is not something that makes pedaling any easier.  This is why electric assist is actually not viewed as a viable option by many. It would not be surprising if eventually fully-electric recumbents took the industry from electrically-assisted vehicles, grabbing the entire market share in the process.

In the grand scheme of things, this is really just an academic debate.  Recumbents are not popular vehicles.  It is arguably true that more people make them in their garages at home than actually purchase them from dealers.  As long as that remains a debatable point, you should look to other wheeled individual vehicles for the eventual electric revolution.