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280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
(theconversation.com)
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It helps that ebikes aren't a 100% replacement dependent on infrastructure that doesn't currently exist. If the US had a standardized battery format for its electric cars (lol), they were easily replaceable at a station (lol x2), and they could be stored with minimal risk of fire, then electric cars would be more viable here. But that's going to take years, probably at least a decade.