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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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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Both bikes are far from perfect though. Rivian decided to make a decoupled generator drive, where inefficient pedaling is meant for just simplified speed control, but is primarily for its very large cargo "van" replacement. Ampera has non removable battery.

I agree that this is an ideal connector including having multiple bidirectional ports that turn ebike batteries into minimalist power stations compatible with other power stations, and can get powerful aftermarket chargers for multiple batteries. You already want at least 1 extra battery to have one fully charged for any normal day. More that serve emergency power requirements, or to bring along for very long trips (though 2 with fast charging can work fine), is big extra ebike convenience.