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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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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Sidecars aren't great, they are tricky and have a high learning curve. Cargo bikes or trikes might be better, or an e-pedi cab with throttle, however these options will either fall short of your range requirements or require extra batteries (swapped in or wired in) and more likely than not would require you to be able to rest your feet on the pedals so that might not be ideal for your situation.
I'd recommend maybe taking a look at ICE scooters/mopeds to get the range you're after for less money or maybe mini-vehicles (Smartcar, Kei trucks, etc.). There are EV offerings out there that could work too, but they'll be pricier.
I'm going to go ahead an pin your comment to help get more responses, hope you can find something that works well for you and let us know how it goes!
i didnt even think of scooters - thank you for the recommendation!
i have gotten so much info from this thread, thank you, and everyone else, for recommendations here; it has given me way more options and research to do.
i didnt realize sidecars had a big learning curve. as someone who has never driven a moto, this option may be a dead end for me - thank you for this info. a sidecar was my first thought (probably due to all of the ww2 documentaries i watch, lol), but probably isnt the right way to go.
i think i am all set on the e-bicycle front (~20mi total range), but will keep an e-cargobike in mind if i need more carrying capacity. this is another trike recommendation. i didnt know something like this existed before this post - i definitely have more research to do.
thank you!
Yeah, the sidecars make handling very weird (but they do look super cool).