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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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?
It would be a moped in Finland at least, where mopeds are up to 45kmh (28mph)
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.
Through the "magic" of marketing?
Shouldn't this be class 2?
Nah, Class 2 top speed is 20 mph. If it goes over 20 but not 29+, it's Class 3.
Thanks for the clarification
Personally I love this style of ebike. You can call it moped-style or by other names, but this is exactly what I was looking for last year when I was ebike shopping. I ended up with a Rize Blade which I love to ride around on. Similar look to this Trek bike.
The Trek price is considerably higher, but if the components are higher quality, more features, better batteries and has a better warranty then some people would be willing to pay it. Far too many of the overly reported ebike fires seem to happen because of low grade batteries and other electrical components so people are willing to pay a premium for a safer battery.
I've had a regular Trek bike for years. It's a basic one but I've had it for 15 years and it's still going strong with almost no maintenance.
Yeah I think they have a good name in the industry (I think they are part of a much larger conglomerate). I do like my Rize, but this Trek might have been near the top of my shopping list if it came out last year.