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I think the implication is that commuting longer distances (20km+) is doable on an e-bike. My commute is 10km (300m uphill) on a regular bike, but I have acces

I think the implication is that commuting longer distances (20km+) is doable on an e-bike. My commute is 10km (300m uphill) on a regular bike, but I have access to a shower. If I didn't, I don't think I could do it on a regular bike. In general, it's able to displace longer trips (other than biking for fun) than a non-electric bike.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> In general, it's able to displace longer trips (other than biking for fun) than a non-electric bike. Exactly. Since converting to an e-bike, I am using it 4x as much. Especially in the summer, it changes from a sweaty trip to a pleasant one. Those tips would normally be public transport. 10K sounds a bit ambitious, but myself and a friend are on track to exceed 3K. This whole discussion is splitting hairs -> out of a single electric car, you can make 150 ebikes. A good ebike battery is 0.5 KWh, a an electric car is ~80 KWh. An electric car might weigh 1500 KG and an ebike like 15. So really it seems the conclusion should be that the ebikes are overpriced and they should cost $500 if their productions was automated like production of cars is.