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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think, waiting for actual experience reports is going to be better. The air resistance of a bike is lower, so the effects of going faster are reduced. Of course, though, the battery is going to be smaller, so maybe it still requires optimizing fuel efficiency as much as possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Bikes are not very aerodynamic. A car has much better airflow because everything is enclosed. Of course bikes do have less front end area and so they do fairly well, but a good car isn't far behind despite being much larger.