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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In Japan, that would be considered a motorcycle so anyone wanting one would need a license of at least however many kw the motor output is. I got pedal-assist bicycles for both my wife and I when we moved out to the country and, although they're not cargo bikes, they are rated for enough weight to work in that regard to a degree. We just drop the batteries in the charger whenever we need. They're legally capped at something like 12km/h (so the assist will cut off if you go faster than that; you can still ride faster if you pedal faster).

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah my pedal assist is capped at 32kph, but no motorcycle license is required here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

50cc (soon to include special 125cc) bikes are capped at 30 here, heh.