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Human scale electric vehicles (e-bikes, e-scooters, etc) do not seem to suffer from this problem as much.
by Zambyte 1y ago
Human scale electric vehicles (e-bikes, e-scooters, etc) do not seem to suffer from this problem as much.
- constantcrying 1y agoBecause there is no major secondary market. Obviously.
- horsawlarway 1y agoAt least for my e-bikes - all the batteries are easily removed and replaceable (whether the vendor is still manufacturing it is a different question).
- mlsu 1y agoAnd like cars, replacement ebike batteries are absurdly expensive. $500-600 for a few 18650 and a BMS. Part of it is that a battery pack is legitimately dangerous at that scale (so lots of testing/safety certifications etc). But those are one-time design costs that should be amortized. I would really like to see some standardization around battery packs for both cars and bikes, so that it could become a commodity market for packs.
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- kube-system 1y agoThey don't? I usually see them marked down 1/2 off or more if they're used even with negligible use.
- kylehotchkiss 1y agoI dunno, they all are going to have wheelie crash damage the way these teenagers ride them down the streets. I don't know why we can't federally require ebike electric motors to disengage when the front wheel goes off the ground
- dghlsakjg 1y agoLegal e-bikes are not really capable of wheelie-ing using their power alone since they are limited to 750 watts. These bikes are already illegal, so lets not introduce another silly regulation that adds expense and a point of failure just because teenagers do wheelies. Also, teenagers doing wheelies on bicycles is not illegal, nor should it be. Let people have some fun!