People complained about the original leaf with its limited range too. And plenty of people used them to get around town.
Many people buy by judging what they "might need", without really knowing or accepting what they "do need"
Many people buy by judging what they "might need", without really knowing or accepting what they "do need"
(That said, I'm not a fan of e-bikes roughing up regular bikes in bike lanes. People need to start behaving themselves before we get into "this is why we can't have nice things" territory and e-bikes are banned from bike lanes.)
Maybe e-bikes work in some heavily congested urban environments, but motorcycles are a different use case:
- they can go on the freeway
- they can park in places e-bikes might not have a place
- they don't need to be pedaled (if you can't be sweaty when you get there)
- ground clearance
- fenders if the ground is wet
- take a passenger
etc...