Originally Posted by
alloo
No Class 2 ebike less than 750W is an ebike. Mopeds are 49cc or less with a 1.5 to 2 HP motor depending on your jurisdiction. Do you own or ride an ebike? It seems a lot of posters don't know the laws regarding ebikes and moped/scooters/motorcycles. If I'm riding my ebike downhill at 40 MPH does that make me a motorcycle? No.
This may be legally true in some areas, but not others. And to complicate matters further, in some states, like mine, the legal definitions conflict.
To put it another way, these things are defined locally, at the state (or even city) level, not nationally, so please don't be so quick to generalize.