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The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
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Useless in the rain?
That's because bicycles dissolve in water. It is a fundamental limitation of bicycle physics that cannot be solved.
That makes sense, i thought my bike were stolen but they're just washed away.
Mine personally combusts into a giant ball of flames if I hit a small puddle. It's really annoying going through so many fire extinguishers.
In actuality I've driven my jank as fuck ebike in torrential rain without a problem. This is with an external battery I slapped on and wired in parallel with the integrated battery. The connectors are sealed by electrical tape alone and it's been perfectly fine for two years. Water is a non-issue of all the important stuff is integrated and sealed correctly.