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The answer was in the fucking title and you still got it wrong!
Sure on a pure production based outlook ebikes would be worse since they require more material.
But e bikes allow people to go further, and encourage people to use them more often, meaning an ebike will replace more car trips than a standard bike would. This can end up offsetting the extra costs of producing the ebike in the first place.
The answer was in the fucking title and you still got it wrong!
Sure on a pure production based outlook ebikes would be worse since they require more material.
But e bikes allow people to go further, and encourage people to use them more often, meaning an ebike will replace more car trips than a standard bike would. This can end up offsetting the extra costs of producing the ebike in the first place.
For things like hills and keeping up with traffic ebikes are a game changer. I literally couldn’t go on half the trips I take without the motor