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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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When it comes to electric bikes, range anxiety is real — but it might be less of a concern than...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Of course it can, with enough battery. There's at least one bike out there that holds three removable batteries.

The bigger issue by far is the pure lies they tell with the listed range. Don't tell me it can do 80 miles and not mention that's on the lowest assist, with a 100 lb rider and overinflated tires on flat asphalt. What's the range with a 200 lb rider on the highest mode, climbing 500 feet per mile? List both, at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lectric Xpedition could do it with dual battery I bet, that's what I thought they were going to be writing about.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I've seen a couple others with 3 batteries, they seem like too much of a hassle weight wise and I rarely ride even half that far

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The Bosch range calculator will let you get an estimate with taking into account pretty much every factor: wind, hills, load, motor type, battery type, etc. But yeah, with every single company out there, the large print giveth; the fine print taketh away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Holds three removable batteries?

They couldn't just run a bit of wire?