I swear the best commuter ebike is the Revelo Flex (https://www.revelo.ca/pages/flex-electric-folding-bike https://www.revelo.ca/pages/flex-electric-folding-bik

I swear the best commuter ebike is the Revelo Flex (https://www.revelo.ca/pages/flex-electric-folding-bike https://www.revelo.ca/pages/flex-electric-folding-bike). It's like someone shrank a penny farthing and put a motor in the back wheel: the front wheel is 20" and has pedals attached to it (so you can help the motor when uphill), the back is 16" and has the motor inside (torque!). You can order it with bike ABS as well (https://www.bikerumor.com/2012/11/27/hands-on-sabs-antilock-bicycle-brake-pads/ https://www.bikerumor.com/2012/11/27/hands-on-sabs-antilock-...). Since it's folding and rolling folded you can easily carry it on public transit. It's only 15kg which is just about the lightest possible (those batteries are heavy). There's no chain to maintain, no grease, nothing. Just hop on, zip along and stop when the situation warrants -- the stopping distance of the SABS pads is nothing short of incredible (I have been rearended by another cyclist once when I fully engaged them to avoid a collision with a car -- normally when riding in a bike lane I don't grip them like my life depends on them because I know how they behave).