micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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I'd at least like a company I know I can contact. My first ebike was from Ariel Rider, and the battery failed 15 months after I bought it. Which sucked, but at least I could get support to buy a replacement battery, even though they didn't sell that model anymore. The company also had support that helped me spec the right brake pads, etc. for maintenance. It's still running fine now, chewing through tires, but if I had to buy one again, I'd probably pick a bike I could get serviced in a bike shop instead of fussing around with email support and trying to do the grease monkey work myself.
You touch on an important point - maintenance. Getting a noname brand throws you into unknown territory when it comes to maintenance and you'd very likely have to go DIY when things start breaking. Brake pads are just one good example. Can't find spares? Replace the brakes... that's another $100-200.
Personally if I were trying to get a bike on a budget I'd get a throttle-only, no frills kit with Bafang or Shengyi from a reputable DIY shop that has good warranty like Grin (ebikes.ca) and slap that on a decent second hand steel frame bike. I'd also save money on picking up a smaller battery. Should something fail, Grin would take care of it. The steel frame would prevent any problems around the dropouts area and maintenance would be easy since most decent bikes sold in NA have pretty standard parts. Some mix of Sram, Shimano, Tektro, TRP, etc. Shimano for example is cheap and very reliable.