Which Chinese e-bike and two-wheeler brands does ChatGPT recommend? November 2026

When an overseas buyer asks ChatGPT in English which Chinese e-bike or two-wheeler maker to use, 41% of the answers name Yadea; no other brand reaches a third. Fiido and TAILG appear in 31%, Bafang, ENGWE and NIU in 29%, AIMA in 28%: ranks 2 to 9 sit within 7 points of each other. Across two rounds, 40 Chinese brands were named.

Disclosure: none of the brands in this study is a Moments client. No Chinese brand is named in the question set, and the same scoring rules apply to every brand.

Method

• Dates: ChatGPT round one on 8 November 2026 and round two on 11 November; Gemini and Claude two rounds each, on 8 and 9 November. Every round uses the same 40 questions.
• Collection time (UTC+8): ChatGPT 8 Nov 13:01–16:56, 11 Nov 16:40–17:07; Gemini 8 Nov 16:56–17:30, 9 Nov 17:34–18:06; Claude 8 Nov 17:34–18:15, 9 Nov 18:06–18:38. AI answers change over time; this ranking reflects these windows only.
• Platforms: all on the web with no account memory or history: ChatGPT in temporary chat with search on, Gemini in temporary chat, Claude in incognito.
• Questions: 40 buyer-style English questions: 13 general supplier searches, 7 on e-bikes, 6 on scooters, 4 on cargo, 4 on motors and batteries, 3 on e-MTBs and 3 on folding bikes. Phrasings include “best manufacturer”, “who to choose for a given region”, “UL 2849 / EN 15194 certified” and “OEM”.
• Valid answers: two ChatGPT round-one answers (questions 8 and 22) were not captured, so ChatGPT has 78.
• Metrics:
  • Mention rate = answers that name the brand ÷ answers
  • First mention = the brand is the first Chinese brand named in the answer
  • Own site cited = answers that link to the brand’s own website (subdomains included)
• Scope: only brands confirmed as Chinese companies are scored. Himiway, Velotric, Heybike, Aventon, Lectric and others appeared but could not be confirmed as Chinese, so they are left out. Foreign component brands (Bosch, Shimano, Brose) are not scored.
• Not measured: Perplexity, Copilot, Doubao.

Top 10 (ChatGPT)

Rank	Brand	Mention rate (78)	Round 1	Round 2	First mentions	Own site cited
1	Yadea	41%	37%	45%	24	17
2	Fiido	31%	34%	28%	4	16
2	TAILG	31%	26%	35%	1	13
4	Bafang	29%	24%	35%	7	7
4	ENGWE	29%	37%	22%	4	15
4	NIU	29%	29%	30%	3	15
7	AIMA	28%	21%	35%	0	9
8	Sunra	26%	18%	32%	1	8
9	Luyuan	24%	13%	35%	0	10
10	JOBO	21%	21%	20%	8	11

Show all 40 brands

Rank	Brand	Mention rate	Mentions	First mentions	Own site cited
1	Yadea	41%	32	24	17
2	Fiido	31%	24	4	16
2	TAILG	31%	24	1	13
4	Bafang	29%	23	7	7
4	ENGWE	29%	23	4	15
4	NIU	29%	23	3	15
7	AIMA	28%	22	0	9
8	Sunra	26%	20	1	8
9	Luyuan	24%	19	0	10
10	JOBO	21%	16	8	11
11	ADO	19%	15	3	10
11	DYU	19%	15	0	6
13	Segway-Ninebot	15%	12	2	4
14	DJI Avinox	13%	10	6	2
15	Ananda	10%	8	0	5
16	Zongshen	9%	7	0	3
16	SAMEBIKE	9%	7	0	6
18	EVE Energy	8%	6	0	2
19	ZEEHO	6%	5	0	2
19	Shengyi	6%	5	0	0
21	United Mobility	5%	4	3	4
21	JSL	5%	4	2	3
21	Tenways	5%	4	2	2
21	Cemoto	5%	4	0	0
21	Golden Wheel Group	5%	4	0	2
21	Urtopia	5%	4	0	0
21	CATL	5%	4	0	1
28	Haidong	4%	3	0	0
28	Xiaomi	4%	3	0	1
28	Tongsheng	4%	3	0	2
31	Phylion	3%	2	2	2
31	Sur-Ron	3%	2	0	0
31	HIMO	3%	2	0	1
31	VeloMove	3%	2	0	0
31	MXUS	3%	2	0	1
31	Dapu	3%	2	0	0
31	LightCarbon	3%	2	0	1
38	Coswheel	1%	1	1	1
38	Talaria	1%	1	0	0
38	Leebike	1%	1	0	0

Four findings

1. The type of vehicle decides which brand comes to mind

To an overseas buyer, “Chinese electric two-wheelers” is several markets:

• Scooters: all 11 answers name Yadea, and 10 name NIU.
• E-bikes: Fiido (57%) and ENGWE (50%) lead. Of 14 answers, Yadea appears in 4 and AIMA in 3.
• Cargo: JOBO and Wuxi-based United Mobility each appear in half the answers.
• Motors and batteries: Bafang and Ananda at 75% each. Bafang also comes up in general, e-bike and e-MTB questions, and is the only component maker in the overall top 10.

2. Mentioned often ≠ named first

Yadea is mentioned 32 times and is the first Chinese brand in 24 of those answers. AIMA (22 mentions) and Luyuan (19) are never named first.

The reverse: JOBO is mentioned 16 times and named first 8 times; DJI Avinox / Amflow is mentioned 10 times and named first 6. They appear less often, but when they do they tend to lead. All 10 DJI mentions come from e-MTB, motor and general questions.

3. Re-tested three days later: the big domestic makers rise, ENGWE falls

Luyuan rose from 13% to 35%, Sunra from 18% to 32%, AIMA from 21% to 35% and TAILG from 26% to 35%. ENGWE fell from 37% to 22% and Fiido from 34% to 28%. NIU and JOBO barely moved.

Yadea was named in both rounds for 14 of the same questions, Fiido for 10, ENGWE for 9. Below first place, the order can reshuffle within days.

4. All three platforms put Yadea first, but cite very different sources

• Yadea leads on all three: ChatGPT 41%, Gemini 68%, Claude 55%.
• Segway-Ninebot is much lower on ChatGPT: 15%, against 34% on Gemini and 38% on Claude. Ananda is similar: 10% on ChatGPT, 31% on Gemini.
• Claude leans toward direct-to-consumer e-bike brands: ENGWE 48%, Fiido 44%, Tenways 28%, all higher than on ChatGPT.
• Sources differ most. 50% of ChatGPT’s cited links point to listed brands’ own sites (193 of 389). Gemini: 26% (54 of 209). Claude: 5% (24 of 440); it cites forums and media such as emtbforums and Electrek, and finance pages from Caixin Global, EqualOcean and Tiger Brokers.

What this means for exporters

1. Check your position by product category. Yadea and NIU dominate scooter questions; Fiido and ENGWE lead e-bike questions. The overall ranking says little about your main category.
2. Be cited beyond your own site. Only 5% of Claude’s citations are brand websites; most are forums, trade media and financial coverage. A website alone won’t carry you on Claude.
3. Test at least twice, a few days apart. Luyuan moved 22 points in three days. One screenshot cannot show a ranking change.

Limitations

• ChatGPT round one is missing 2 answers (questions 8 and 22), so it has 78, not 80.
• All rounds were collected within one week and reflect only those days.
• Brands are matched by aliases (English names, pinyin, common abbreviations), so unusual spellings may be missed. Abbreviations such as ADO, DYU and JSL are matched in upper case only.
• Only brands confirmed as Chinese companies are scored; some brands registered abroad with Chinese supply chains (such as Himiway) are not included.
• This study does not rate vehicle quality. It measures visibility in AI answers only.

Data download

• Images to share: Top 10 card · full ranking
• Full results, ChatGPT both rounds combined (40 brands)
• Per round: 8 Nov · 11 Nov
• Three platforms: summary · Gemini 8 Nov · 9 Nov · Claude 8 Nov · 9 Nov
• The 40 questions
• Raw answers with cited links (JSON Lines): ChatGPT 8 Nov · 11 Nov · Gemini 8 Nov · 9 Nov · Claude 8 Nov · 9 Nov
• Scoring script

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Where does your brand stand?

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