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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] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

New battery tech in the next 5 years is hopefully going to make lithium ion obsolete. Fingers crossed.

[–] corm 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I've been hearing that my whole life and it hasn't actually improved much in the last 20. But yeah it would be great if you're right.

But smart BMS with easily user-replaceable batteries is tech we could use today. Furthermore you can buy packs like that off aliexpress right now.

Also, wanting to reuse batteries from an old device after upgrading will always be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The sodium 18650s are available on Alibaba for a few weeks :)

And for re-use my "extra" batteries are all interchangeable or able to be put to use elsewhere when the bike isn't in use. ( I've been considering an inverter for power outages).

[–] corm 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Btw what are sodium 18650s? A new safer version?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cheaper ( like 1/3? ), last longer ( more discharge /charge cycles ), can safely drain to 0.

[–] corm 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf that sounds awesome, any downside?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Iess dense energy storage ( bigger size ).

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