According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, approximately one-third of the nation’s residents don’t have driver’s licenses. In her 2024 book “When Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency,” disability advocate Anna Zivarts argues that not only is America’s car-centric infrastructure harmful to the climate, it also fails to meet the everyday needs of many Americans.
OMG I’m such an idiot. I thought e-bike was like an e-scooter. Thank you so much for clearing that up!
Nah, like for an e-motorbike there’s like 5 KW needed as battery and it lasts like 60 km. (The vehicle weighs like 120 kg) and goes usually like 75 km/h.
While my e-bike only has a 0,75 KW battery and lasts 90-100 km.
The pedalling lowers the amount of energy needed by quite a bit.
That and speed. Higher speed - higher energy usage. Not only does e-bikes go 25km/h (compared to ev motorbikes 75km/h), but also, like you mentioned, part of that is supplied from your muscles.
All in all, ev motorbikes are just glorified scooter as of now.
Yeah they need some improvements, but they are far less subsidised so it makes sense in my area at least.