Electric bicycles do not need compulsory insurance, and electric motorcycles need compulsory insurance. Official website, a comprehensive service management platform for traffic safety in Gansu Province, inquired that electric bicycles are non-motor vehicles and do not need compulsory insurance. Electric motorcycles belong to motor vehicles. Before a motor vehicle is licensed, it needs to pay compulsory insurance. After compulsory insurance is completed, they should get the license plate. Electric vehicles include electric bicycles, portable electric motorcycles and electric motorcycles. The maximum speed of electric bicycles should not exceed 25 kilometers per hour, the weight of electric bicycles should not exceed 55 kilograms, and the power must be kept within 400 watts. You don't need to take a driver's license or a motor vehicle number plate prescribed by the Public Security Bureau, so you don't need to take these insurances. There are two kinds of motor vehicle license plates and compulsory insurance: portable electric motorcycles and electric motorcycles. Because it belongs to the category of small motor vehicles, it is necessary to hang a motor vehicle license plate, register the frame number with real name and pay compulsory insurance.