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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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[โ€“] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For info, in the EU you need an entry-level motorbike license to ride this. That means a one-day course (expensive) if you already have a car license, otherwise a 20-hour course plus exam.

That's for anything over 4kW and this thing does 8.

At 11kW you would need a full motorbike license. Which means passing a theory exam, multiple (hard) riding tests, and in some countries even an interview where you have to regurgitate accident statistics. It's all extremely expensive and inconvenient. I speak from bitter experience. That's how much they don't want young idiots riding powerful two-wheelers.

[โ€“] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 18 hours ago

In Australia anyone can ride it, just not legally on any road any where.

I want one :)

What sort of charger? , can i carry it in my pack, pull out of the bush at a local pub, charge up and have a meal, then head off ?

I had been considering the new Varg, road legal.