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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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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FWIW, e-bikes sold in France (possibly in Europe, not sure) only have assistance up to 25 km/h. Past that the engine turns off.
You can get devices without this limitation however they no longer qualify as bikes, they're classified as mopeds/motorcycles and need a license plate and a proper registration. The same goes for those "pretend bikes" that actually go without the rider pedalling.
However the law isn't really enforced at the moment as it's not very easy to tell them apart at a glance and the owners will of course do everything to disguise the real nature of their rides (same problem with the scooters, which also have a speed limit). Also the police are lazy, because they're the police.
Sweden has 250W tops for bikes at 25km/h.
Moped class 2 are the ones who can ride in the bike path with up to 1000W and 25km/h for cutoff. These do require insurance (~€6/mo) , but are mostly for delivery services where 250W just isn’t enough. These also require a helmet.
So far this system has worked pretty well with no insane speeders in the news yet. With anecdotal evidence it’s usually the insane wattage that really encourages bad behaviour.