E-Bikes are replacing cars, not bicycles, a study from Germany shows:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15568318.2025.2533307
Some sources claim it is actually the most environmentally friendly method of transportation, even when taking manufacturing into account.
I think we can stop right here. I don’t doubt that using a low-powered electric motorcycle may be a more environmentally friendly method of transportation than using a high-powered ICE motorcycle, if it is suitable for the purpose. But that doesn’t make it a muscle-powered bicycle, and it doesn’t make it equivalent to and as environmentally friendly as a muscle-powered bicycle.
Riding this distance on an unpowered bike before and after work would fucking suck.
O RLY? I commuted 8 miles each way for decades. It was pretty tough at first. But the great thing about muscle-powered bikes is that the engine gets stronger over time with heavy use.
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I think we can stop right here. I don’t doubt that using a low-powered electric motorcycle may be a more environmentally friendly method of transportation than using a high-powered ICE motorcycle, if it is suitable for the purpose. But that doesn’t make it a muscle-powered bicycle, and it doesn’t make it equivalent to and as environmentally friendly as a muscle-powered bicycle.
O RLY? I commuted 8 miles each way for decades. It was pretty tough at first. But the great thing about muscle-powered bikes is that the engine gets stronger over time with heavy use.