>>> THE CHIEF TELLS NBC, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR DIVERSITY AND
ALSO LOOKING FOR PEOPLE CORN AND
RAISED IN THIS REGION.
>>> WANT TO GET BACK TO THE TOP
STORY.
WE DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
THAT MUCH BECAUSE THE GAS PRICES
ARE TERRIBLE.
THEY ARE LEADING SOME PEOPLE TO MAYBE THINK OF ALTERNATIVE WAYS
TO GET AROUND. >> Reporter: SKY-HIGH GAS PRICES
FUELING THE SALES OF ELECTRIC
BIKES.
THE GUYS SAY THEY ARE FEELING
THE EFFECTS.
>> IT’S LIKE THE SUV OF ELECTRIC
BIKES.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE GAS
PRICES ACCELERATE PAST RECORD
HIGHS, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES.
>> PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND
SAYING, I NEED TO GET ON
SOMETHING I DON’T HAVE TO BUY
GAS ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE PANDEMIC
IS SPIKING AN ELECTRIC BIKE
BOONE, THEY ARE RIDING A SECOND
WAVE OF GROWTH AS THE GAS PRICES
MOVE INTO OVERDRIVE.
>> WE’RE SEEING IT IN A BIG WAY. SALES ARE UP.
I DON’T LIKE THE GAS PRICES.
WE’RE UP ABOUT FOUR-TIMES FROM THIS SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
>> Reporter: AT A COST ABOUT 10
CENTS TO CHARGE FOR A 50-MILE TO
70-MILE RIDE.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE CRANKING ON
IT, EBIKES TRAVEL 20-PLUS MILES
PER HOUR. >> I’M LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO
THE BANK INSTEAD OF TO THE GAS
PUMP. >> Reporter: IT HAS THOSE
SAVORINGS CAUSING DRIVERS TO
CONSIDER ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
>> YOU HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS
TO A YEAR AND A HALF. IT DEPENDS ON WHICH AUTOMAKER
YOU GO WITH. >> Reporter: BACK AT XAS, HE
SAYS THAT DEMAND IS CAUSING
BACKORDERS ON SOME BIKES BUT IT’S WORTH THE WAIT.
>> IF YOU LIKE SAVING MONEY AND
BREATHING CLEAN AIR, IT’S AN
EASY CHOICE.
>>> IF YOU WERE WONDERING HOW
MUCH AN EBIKE WAS, IT CAN BE A LITTLE UNDER $1,000 TO $10,000,