Sigh...I wish this were the case, I really do. But I sincerely doubt it, at least not in the US. Lots of reasons, but main ones would be weather, comfort, ini

Sigh...I wish this were the case, I really do. But I sincerely doubt it, at least not in the US. Lots of reasons, but main ones would be weather, comfort, initial cost, time, and the sheer difficulty of getting people to change. Within the US, something like this would only work in city centers...people aren't going to ride their electric bike 15 miles to work each way, especially when you throw in the fact that a) they're wearing business attire, b) the weather is lousy for this in a lot of the country a lot of the time, c) they already have a car and our entire infrastructure is built around letting them use it. Even within cities, there are only a handful where it's not too hot or too cold too much of the year for this to be worth it. I think small hybrids & electrics are the future of transportation. Plus more people cramming into cities and using public transportation, not to mention things like telepresence may mean that fewer people need to commute to work in the first place. But millions of people in the mid-west US riding their electric bicycles to work each day? Not gonna happen :)