Originally Posted by
veganbikes
So you are conflating electric bicycles and e-mopeds. STOP THAT. Seriously I get that e-mopeds have been lumped in with pedal assist bicycles according to lawmakers who couldn't tell the difference between their heads and their rear ends but a bicycle cannot move forward without someone pedaling. A moped can be pedaled but has a throttle and that is what you are talking about.
Unfortunately the world has passed you by. All of the sub-$500/$1000 electric powered bikes that the kids use are e-bikes. You may want use the term e-mopeds, and correct everyone you meet, but that’s not what the millions of kids out there call them.
And they are ridden like electric motorcycles.
John