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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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Electric bikes have their own environmental and health advantages. However, riding for long distances – if you’re not a pro – or when planning to go off the tarmac, an e-bike is not the best companion. Before you look for a capable pickup truck – that’ll never be the first choice for a city commute

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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That thing is dangling so low they could have stuck some rubber on it and called it a quad bike.

I'm also not understanding "the trike’s 750W rear-mount motor ensures up to 1,400W of power"

[–] krelvar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably continuous vs peak power. I've seen brands advertise this very unethically - Lectric has done this. "Ours is 1400W, the competition is only 750W!"

Or advertising the peak in-rush current or whatever instead of the continuous allowable power? A 750W motor probably pulls 1400 watts for a split second as it starts up under load.

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

At first I thought they were getting stuff wrong about the battery, but that later say 960 Wh battery.

They do not specifically mention it, but I'm going to assume gear ratio?