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 absolutely reeks of someone paying for a story to drive support to more heavily regulate ebikes
My ebike is heavy as shit (60-80lbs depending on the gear that's on it) and geared for mountain biking. I've had it die in the middle of a valley. I've had it die 60 miles from home on an admittedly much flatter trail. I've had ittrip the safety overheat while going uphill.
I've never not been able to pedal.
Unless the chain breaks (and even then, I have a chain tool and have cut out all my gears to make it single speed in an emergency before) Walking it may be less tiring minute-to-minute, but you'll regret not having the speed of the bike.
Also, protip: if you think you might need more than 30-60 miles of assistance, get a second battery if you don't think you can pedal it.
Also, my requirement for calling something an ebike is the ability to y'know... Be a bicycle. Otherwise it's an electric scooter/motorcycle depending on motor power. So if it's one of those, then sure you have to push it. But that's on you for not having a backup power plan. I've never met a dirt biker in the middle of nowhere that didn't have a gas can somewhere on the bike.