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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The Owlet has no pedals, just footrests; I suppose that technically it's a scooter rather than an e-bike, though the latter is how the company is marketing it.

Good question. It seems like the article calls it that because that's what the creators refer to it as. Why they call it an e-bike instead of a scooter... no idea. Trendy buzzwords, maybe? SEO optimization? It's no secret that "electric scooter" sounds lame but everyone wants an "e-bike."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actually no. Moped is a portmanteau for Motor-Pedal. It's a scooter, plain and simple.

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