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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This seems like a policy failure in the UK, if manufacturers are unwilling/unable to include the battery with a conversion kit. I think it's fair to say that of the people looking for a conversion kit, many are looking to build an ebike to a particular price point. If the laws and regulations are leading to a situation where incompatibilities are likely and very hazardous, then it may be time to raise the floor of the market and require that all conversion kits come with a compatible battery -- and probably a battery warranty.
If it's a question of customs controls for cheap, imported goods, then that's a governance failure. I'm informed that events in 2016 were meant to secure the British border re: goods and regulations, so we'll see if that actually plays out.
The thing is, most of these "conversion kits" convert a bicycle into an illegal motorbike, not into a legal pedelec. There's no way government will - or should - make that easier