With gas prices high, people in developing countries are racing to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.

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    14 days ago

    For almost a decade I have thought of getting one. But I just use a pedal bike instead as I can take that on bike routes.

    Would love some kind of in between vehicle that can still use bus lanes but go a bit faster than cycling. Can’t do it legally though, ebikes are limited to 25kmh here. I’m often cycling faster than that, other than when I am stuck in traffic anyway.

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      14 days ago

      It seems inane to me that there is no legal space in most countries between a “pedelec” with a maximum speed of 25km/h and a full motorbike or car with a maximum speed of 200km/h.

      There should be more in between vehicle categories that you can take on slow city/local roads but not highways or freeways.

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        Jumps from 250w 25kmh to 4kW 45kmh here as the limits. With the first being the same as a pedal bike, the second is mostly the same rules as any other motorbike.