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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Do we really need a 84 HP e-bike?
Less power = less energy used
The article is about e motorcycles, not e bikes.
Beyond design and styling differences... we are talking about something that is highway speed capable, has a range comparable to to an ICE motorcycle, doesn't have a human pedalling component.
You need more power to be able to do all that.
I mean e-bike = e-motocycle in this context.
Depends on the application. A dirt bike? Absolutely not; too much torque and horsepower means that you're going to spin your wheel regularly (and this is why most dirt bikes are thumpers, too). A conventional street bike, touring, or dual sport? You can probably go a little lower, but probably not a lot for a large touring bike like a Gold Wing. A sport bike? That's low, by at least 20bhp; 100-ish bhp is about the lowest you'll see for a 600cc-class sport bike. I can't say for certain what the tops competitive 1000cc supersport bikes are putting out, but it's probably close to 200bhp. And all of that power needs to be in a very light package, because you need the maneuverability to quickly negotiate s-curves. (I live in the mountains; there are a number of s-curves near where I live. I've seen the aftermath of cruisers crashing because they misjudged corner speeds.)