Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Starting today, California is coming for your e-bike throttles (electrek.co)

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[–] krelvar 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The average street legal motorcycle is something like 500lbs. That's a lot more mass than most e-bikes, the heaviest of which are perhaps in the 100lbs range and most are less. It's fair to argue an ebike that can go 40mph is really a motorcycle and I'd agree with that, but most e-bikes aren't that close to a motorcycle in my opinion.

That said, I agree that some enforced regulations are going to happen so hopefully they'll be reasonable about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It's not the weight of the bike that's the issue; it's the speed. Motorcycles are unlikely to kill or even injure anyone other than their operator.