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November 10, 2025Transportation Safety and EnvironmentOpen Access

Influence of the safety technical specification for electric bicycles on consumer purchase behavior: evidence from social media analysis

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XWXiwei WangJXJianxiong XuXXXiaofan Xue

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Overview

Analysis reveals attitudes and public trust influence electric bicycle purchases, indicating importance of regulations.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how safety regulations affect consumer purchase behavior regarding electric bicycles.
  • Analyzed 20,971 social media comments using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and sentiment analysis.
  • Developed a purchase behavior model based on insights gained.
  • Examined 446 valid survey responses via Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).
  • Utilized Bayesian Network analysis to quantify effects of influencing factors.
  • Attitudes and perceived safety are key determinants of electric bicycle purchases.
  • Trust, perceived usefulness, and face consciousness substantially influence consumer attitudes.
  • Public trust and perception of the regulation positively impact purchase behavior.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69253a31c0ce034ddc3577adhttps://doi.org/10.1093/tse/tdaf065
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