These restrictions are such a shame. Back when I lived in China, people used to ride 3-wheeled electric bikes/wagons (三轮车) but they were banned by the government for being “unsafe”. The thing is everything is significantly closer to home than here in the US. My family would all pile in the back and ride around running errands, getting dropped off at school, going to friend’s homes in that bike. When those were banned, we had to get a car and more 2 wheeled electric bikes to accommodate the loss of our single 3 wheeled electric bike. Even then, we mostly used our electric bikes to get around town. I used to ride 35 minutes on my electric bike to get to school every day. These restrictions make long distance travel on electric bikes just that much more difficult and pushes more people to buy cars. It’s funny how China has been pushing for years to become more like the US in every way except for human rights SMH