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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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Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in...

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

I have one of those and have thousands of miles recorded on it. It's been my primary method of commuting to work for the past 1.5 years. For the battery to last the 40 mile round trip, my legs are the primary driver.

They don't really work as motorcycles because the throttle cuts off at 20 mph. Short of adding more heavy batteries (thereby requiring a beefier motorcycle motor), they don't have the range to be a motorcycle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If your legs are the primary driver then you do not have the type of vehicle the law is targeting.

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

I have a class 3 ebike, which is exactly the class of vehicle that this law is targeting.