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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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 2 years ago (1 children)

In the EU, 45km/h are mopeds or scooter and they don't need a license plate (not sure if all of EU), but only an insurance. Also kids can ride those from the age of 15 or 16. So it seems to be a proper motorcycle looking scooter replacement for teens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I see. Well, that might be good for that particular application... but then the article implies they're only planning to release this in the US. I'm still stumped. Without pedals on it, I don't think many states would be prepared to treat it as anything other than a capital-M Motorcycle.

I think a wider cross-section of people here would prefer to at least have the option of the road-legal version with the higher top speed. (Maybe it can be hacked to accomplish this. Who knows.)