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sanjsrik t1_ivf1g7z wrote

Maybe I'm ignorant and pardon the noob question, but aren't mopeds already electric?

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Rogermcfarley t1_ivf604y wrote

There are more recently electric mopeds but traditionally mopeds use petrol engines around 50cc

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-_Potato t1_ivfeh6b wrote

Moped is a weird definition.

Some rules involving engine displacement and speeed

50 to 150cc (or however they want to equate wattage to that for an electric motor)usually governed to no more then 35mph.

They typically offer cheaper licensing and registration requirements.

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tossme68 t1_ivgtwin wrote

under 50cc's no license is needed. When I was a kid you could get a moped license at 14 -every kid between 14 and 16 had a 49cc moped.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt t1_ivfg5ct wrote

Mostly they've been gas powered. There's not really been a push to go electric with them because they tend to get 100 mpg or more (tiny engine, light weight).

When you're that fuel efficient there's just not a demand for electric.

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FuckFashMods t1_ivfkqfa wrote

Also there's no real reason when you can get an electric bike that does the same performance but has no license requirements and can go places motor vehicles can't go

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PleasantAdvertising t1_ivfw549 wrote

E Bikes are extremely expensive for what they are.

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FuckFashMods t1_ivfwcek wrote

Are they?

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PleasantAdvertising t1_ivfzeks wrote

Twice as expensive as my 2010 car yes absolutely. Nothing in the design nor R&D justifies that much money. Not even close.

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FuckFashMods t1_ivg00ih wrote

I mean you can get decent e-bikes for $1000 and really good ones for $2000 and a decent regular bike is like at least 400- 500$.

If you have like a $2000 2010 car, I think you're very soon going to figure out why you were able to buy it for $2000

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tossme68 t1_ivgubgg wrote

>a decent regular bike is like at least 400- 500$

maybe if you are buying a huffy or some other punch out bike at Wal-mart but any name brand bike is much closer to $1000 than $500.

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PleasantAdvertising t1_ivh8m29 wrote

It's worth 4k now. Bought it for 2500. been driving it 5 times a week to work. Apart from replacing the battery it's just going.

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FuckFashMods t1_ivh9rom wrote

>Twice as expensive as my 2010 car

Very few ebikes are going to be $5k-8k

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