micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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Yeah it does nothing to help the Gray area of E-Bike. I tried to comment earlier but it was long and boring.
By definitions (without these clarifications) these Surrons are already NOT E-Bikes (so must be a dirt bike Offroad vehicle of some sort)
BUT
I have a Schwinn meridian with a 1200watt motor that can hit 30+mph with no pedal assist... BUT it still has working pedals... What is that?
(IF a cop asks..... I have no fucking clue... I just bought the cocksucker on amazon) ;)
MORE than 750Watt motor = NOT an E-Bike (gray area)
more than 20MPH without assistance = NOT an E-Bike (gray area)
What is this MONSTER I have built?!!
What you've built is a smiles-per-hour machine. :)
In all seriousness, over 750 W but less than 4 kW, and over 20 MPH but less than 30 MPH, that might be registerable as a moped in California. You can even eschew the pedals, as electric mopeds don't need them here. There's a process for getting a randomly-assigned VIN and one-time plates, and the rider needs an M1 or M2 license.
But such a machine is, on its face, not unlawful in California.
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