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I’m just imagining going out on an ebike in the local weather here… lol. Maybe e-bikes are a good solution in SF where the weather is great year round but not i
by simple-thoughts 3y ago
I’m just imagining going out on an ebike in the local weather here… lol. Maybe e-bikes are a good solution in SF where the weather is great year round but not in most places in the world.
- jeffbee 3y agoE-bikes outsell EVs and with a CAGR of 10% they will soon have a majority share of the bicycle market. This is not weather-dependent. The e-bike share of the bicycle market in Finland is 15%, and e-bike unit sales in that country are about triple EV unit sales. The population centers of Finland are all north of the continental United States and virtually all of Canada.
- simple-thoughts 3y agoSomething people often forget about Helsinki, Finland is that the weather is quite nice year round. Anyway I wasn’t even thinking about e-bikes in winter, but rather what it would be like near my residence in monsoon season (which is currently ongoing). Traveling on an e-bike in steamy heat with wind and rain just sounds terrible.
- orange_county 3y agoWeather isn’t the problem. Urban planning is problem and the United States does a terrible job of making transportation good for anyone but cars.