Best Hitch Bike Racks for E-Bikes

It depends on your bike's weight and your receiver. By per-bike rating, the Young Electric 200 lb rack leads at 100 lb per bike. For a ramp in the box at the lowest price, the Hollywood Racks Destination E is $749.99 with a 46 in ramp and a 70 lb rating. For a 1.25 in receiver with a ramp, the Thule EasyFold XT 2 is the one rack here that does both. The Bike Cave has not tested these racks, so this answer comes from manufacturer specs.

Look at the per-bike rating, not the total. Of the 133 e-bikes with a listed weight on thebikecave.com, 18 weigh 60 lb or less, 103 weigh more than 65 lb, 82 weigh more than 80 lb and 55 weigh more than 100 lb. A rack rated 60 lb per bike covers 18 of them, and one rated 80 lb covers 51. Weights are the brand's listed figures and normally include the battery.

Some racks fit it, but check the hitch first. In this guide the Thule EasyFold XT 2 fits both 1.25 in and 2 in receivers, and the Kuat NV Base 2.0 is sold in both sizes. The Hollywood, TANX, Young Electric and Saris racks are 2 in only. A 1.25 in hitch usually carries less tongue weight than a 2 in one, so add the rack weight to two bikes and compare it with the rating printed on your hitch or in your vehicle manual.

A ramp is not required, but most e-bikes weigh 50 to 80 lb, and lifting that to rack height is the hard part. In this guide the Hollywood Destination E and the Thule EasyFold XT 2 include a ramp, the Saris Door County replaces it with a motorized lift, and the other five do not include one. Taking the battery off first removes roughly 10 to 20 lb.

Check the maximum tire width. The Young Electric, Hollywood Sport Rider and Thule T2 Pro XTR 2 list 5 in, the Kuat NV Base 2.0 lists 4.8 in, the Hollywood Destination E lists 4.5 in, and the Saris Door County and Thule EasyFold XT 2 list 3 in (Thule offers optional XXL straps for up to 4.7 in). The TANX listing says fat tire but gives no width. Most fat-tire e-bikes also weigh over 65 lb, so the weight rating matters as much as the tire.

Usually no. The best-selling trunk rack on Amazon, the Allen Sports Deluxe 3-bike, is rated 35 lb per bike, which is roughly half the weight of a typical e-bike. Trunk racks also hang bikes by the top tube, which does not suit most e-bike frames. A hitch platform rack with a per-bike rating above your bike's weight is the safer category.

The TANX 160 lb rack is $159.82 on Amazon as of 2 November 2026, followed by the Young Electric at $179.99. Both are 2 in receiver only and neither includes a ramp. The premium group (Thule, Kuat) runs from $898 to $1,099.95. Prices move, so confirm at checkout.

No. Ben has not tested any rack in this guide. Every number comes from the manufacturer's product page or the Amazon listing, linked under each rack, and the bike weights come from the brand-listed specs in The Bike Cave's e-bike database. The bikes themselves are reviewed on the site's bike pages.