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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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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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[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And for those who don't know, an e-bike may have a 250 - 1000+ watt motor.

True, but as far as I know, no city-approved rental company is renting bikes with anything greater than 750watts, as it would be a major liability, especially when the rental companies don't offer helmets.

If anyone's city is offering e-bikes with motors over750 watts, I would be very interested to hear about it.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Rentals, likely not. But private e-bikes can get to 1000+ watts or more.

Even a 500w motor is a lot, and for someone who would typically ride at 150w (their own power), it would feel like they have superpowers.