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mondoman712 ( mondoman712@lemmy.ml )  to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

www.theguardian.com

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EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

www.theguardian.com

mondoman712 ( mondoman712@lemmy.ml )  to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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Ebikes and mopeds, known as electric micromobility, were responsible for two-thirds of the 1.5m barrels of oil displaced a day by EVs in 2022
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    I’ve honestly been considering giving up my car for an electric scooter for the summer - my wife will keep her car, so we can still go to places with the family, but I don’t need a car for my work commute. At the same time, I’m too lazy to wake up early enough to walk.

    Helps that I live in a medium sized European town. Escooters and bikes are very viable - and you can rent them for a low fee too, from multiple providers (I do wish they didn’t each require their own app, but of course they do).

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      Do it! Just think of all the insurance, gas and repair money you’ll save.

      I’d personally advise for an e bike rather than a scooter since it’s more versatile and allows you to put bags on it to transport stuff, but that’s personal preference of course.

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        There’s no cargo scooters?

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          I assumed scooter meant something like this: https://mein-escooter.de/cdn/shop/products/102005_1z_M-Racing_ART_940x.jpg

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      Yeah households don’t really need two cars, drop it down to one.

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        We have plenty of scenarios where two cars make sense, but for a while we can do without.

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