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Zero's X Line offers America's cheapest electric motorcycles
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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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I think they’ll move. The lowest end zero they have here is basically a 72v modified surron. I bought a surron in Canada for $7100 out the door. Top speed is only 80km (75ish in reality unless conditions are perfect), 60km of range.
I live near tons of ATV trails and rural paths so this little bike was a real game changer. Did I overpay? Pls don’t remind me. But it was absolutely worth the price for my use case. I’m a small guy and the bike fits me perfectly. I’ve never rode anything other than bikes before but now after 2800km on a surron I’m looking at getting a motorcycle license and eyeing an electric motorcycle (gas is still superior in every way except for noise, weight, and off the line torque).
These little guys get beginners onto bikes. A zero emoto gets people eyeing their bigger lineup when 80km/h just doesn’t cut it.
Absolutely, 100%. In my dreams, the entry-level for e-motos would perfectly overlap with the mid- to higher-end of Class 3 e-bikes. It would basically be a two-wheel continuum where price and capabilities align in increasing fashion. From bicycles to e-bikes to e-dirtbikes to e-motos and beyond. I want this to be real one day, because it's the sort of progression that allows new riders to get started and work their way to whichever suits their fancy.
The only caveat I can think of is that safety education should also scale in the same way, but in the USA, the most comprehensive two-wheel safety course is for a motorcycle license, which means dirt bikers and e-bikers don't currently have the benefit of that training, unless they already had their motorcycle license. I do believe in "cross training" between the various two-wheel machines, but I don't know how the pedagogical consideration would influence things.
Ya the law is slow to catch up and likely won’t. I foresee bans on these crossover type PEVs or treatment like they’re mopeds or motorcycles.
Where I live, police have no idea what they are and as long as you wear proper ppe they won’t even notice you. Even if you drive at speed on the roads without any license plate.
Taking advantage of that before the hammer drops (maybe after tariffs?)