Washington State eBike rebate programme 2026 is GO

[solarbird]

Washington State’s statewide eBike rebate applications are open! Instead of one big random selection like last year, it’ll be spaced out monthly. You do have to re-register for this year, but only the first time – after that you’re eligible for every drawing.

I can’t recommend a good ebike enough. Seriously. Second photo is what I biked home with on Sunday:

Go read Seattle Bike Blog for all the deets. But if you have any interest in biking again and live in a super-hilly area like me? Again: can’t recommend it enough. There are three-wheelers, there are cargo eBikes (so you don’t have to roll your own trailer like I did), there are four-wheelers, there are recumbents. There are bikes with different levels of assist – I have the lowest kind, a Grade 1, assist-only and a completely normal bike when it’s off, and it’s all Anna and I need.

Anyway, get into the drawing. If nothing else, as multiple people told me on Sunday – it’s a hell of a good way to beat gas prices. Neither Anna nor I have cared what gas costs in years, and you can know the joy of not giving a fuck about it either, too.

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Comments

[alatefeline]

I need to look into getting an eBike this summer even though I'm not currently living in the PNW. Awesome!

[solarbird]

I love them. I want a cargo-specific eBike, too - there are plenty of them out there, it's mostly a matter of money and priorities.

The one thing I'd say to watch out for is to understand the assist class system, and to avoid "ebikes" which are actually e-mopeds being marketed as ebikes unless that's what you actually want.

I like mopeds - I used to have a Honda that was technically a moped but would do 50mph given enough time on a flat - and I support e-mopeds, but mopeds are not bikes and sticking a pair of barely-functional fake pedals on an e-moped does not make it a bike, and they shouldn't be on walk/bike infrastructure. Our legislature took some steps to separate them out into a moped-like category this last session, and the approach seemed sensible to me.

I'm pro e-moped. Just ... as mopeds. Not bikes.