God, that was a rambling article. Overwrought prose that really doesn't strike at the real issue: The e-bike is a hack to avoid regulations. If you don't have a

God, that was a rambling article. Overwrought prose that really doesn't strike at the real issue: The e-bike is a hack to avoid regulations. If you don't have a mechanism to power the bicycle with a human, then it is a scooter/moped and would require taxes, registration, and so on. Furthermore, with motor and battery tech as good as it is, it would be nice to take the concept of e-bike (get places efficiently with a small vehicle that keeps me from sweating) and move it one step up: Some kind of vehicle with sun protection, perhaps some stability (add a wheel or two) , even a windscreen! But now, that's a "car" and that needs to weigh 3500 lbs and withstand and F-15 crashing into it at Mach 1.5. Cities that want to court a more European, renewable, Gen-z WFH mindset should be building controlled infrastructure for such styles of transit.