FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoI review ebikes for a living — these are my three favorite ebikes for 2024www.tomsguide.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184external-linkI review ebikes for a living — these are my three favorite ebikes for 2024www.tomsguide.comFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoI like that cargo bike but damn 6k? That’s close to cheap car territory.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoGood thing the bike has low ongoing costs compared to a car: no fuel, insurance, and low maintenance costs. Over a year, a car costs thousands just to operate. Plus you’re comparing a brand new bike, which will go with little maintenance for years, to a cheap car, which will break down next month. https://youtu.be/rQhzEnWCgHA?t=287
minus-squareswicano@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI think that’s the manufacturer’s thought too, if it’s a car replacement with much lower upkeep costs, they should be allowed to charge as much as a cheap car.
minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoCitron ami goes for arond 8k in Europe, but I’m sure someone could find cheaper used. And yeah taxes, fuel, and maintenance are more, but most consumers badly underestimate those costs.
I like that cargo bike but damn 6k? That’s close to cheap car territory.
Good thing the bike has low ongoing costs compared to a car: no fuel, insurance, and low maintenance costs.
Over a year, a car costs thousands just to operate.
Plus you’re comparing a brand new bike, which will go with little maintenance for years, to a cheap car, which will break down next month.
https://youtu.be/rQhzEnWCgHA?t=287
I think that’s the manufacturer’s thought too, if it’s a car replacement with much lower upkeep costs, they should be allowed to charge as much as a cheap car.
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Citron ami goes for arond 8k in Europe, but I’m sure someone could find cheaper used.
And yeah taxes, fuel, and maintenance are more, but most consumers badly underestimate those costs.
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