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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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[–] username_unavailable 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How is this being called a "moped"? Mopeds and a "Class 3 e-bike" are in no way the same thing! This caps out at 26mph and a Class 3 is typically limited to 28 mph because after 28 mph it's... Legally a moped!

It has pedals, it's capped at 26 mph and it has a throttle - how is it not, legally, a Class 3 e-bike with all the rights that implies?

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

It would be a moped in Finland at least, where mopeds are up to 45kmh (28mph)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Though to be able to register something as a moped here the manufacturer has to have it pass EU L1e-B qualification approval (tyyppihyväksyntä), which very few do.

[–] Hazdaz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] username_unavailable 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, Class 2 top speed is 20 mph. If it goes over 20 but not 29+, it's Class 3.

[–] Hazdaz 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Through the "magic" of marketing?