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It has a motor and pedals. Isn't that exactly what a moped is?

edit Apparently some jurisdictions around the world use the term "moped" to refer to small motorcycles even when they don't have pedals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moped

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I remember many years ago when in France to be a moped (technically a cyclomoteur, that could be driven by 14 years old without a license) there was the need to have pedals, so there were "funny" motorbikes with pedals clearly added on as an afterthought or however explictly added for the French model only.

Example of a 50 cc Vespa with pedals:

https://vespasmallframeforum.proboards.com/thread/7725/vespa...

I assumed that moped is a contraction of "motorised pedestrian" but sadly that doesn't seem to be correct.

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