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I think in many cases ebike can easily replace a second car in a family.

by bliker 6y ago

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
Yes, we went down to one car and two e-bikes. It would have been a struggle without the bikes as we live in a semi-rural area with poor public transport.
- Faaak 6y ago
  Same here. We live 18km from the city center. We have an electric car that we rarely use and two e-bikes (45km/hour kind) that we both use daily to go to work (300m elevation change). It's perfect !
  - algo_trader 6y ago
    How long do your batteries lasts which such a workload? I have a short 15 minute 3-km ebike daily commute. But after 1 year the battery is obviously weaker. And i never made it past 2 years before a battery swap. I charge daily. (I still kept my smallish car, which i now use much less)
    - Faaak 6y ago
      My ebike has a 814Wh battery. It'll easily do to and from work twice. I've already done 7000km with it and no noticeable difference (<10% ?). But it's true that the battery degrades. I don't really "mind" in the sense that I treat it as a consumable and not a forever item.
    - tonyedgecombe 6y ago
      That seems particularly poor. I'm still doing regular 30 mile rides with plenty of reserve after 6,000 miles on my original 500 wH battery.
ip26 6y ago
This is what I think needs a bit more discussion & airtime. You're never going to eliminate cars entirely, don't try. But I think there's a good case that one car may be enough for many families when combined with ebikes, transit, & the rest.
- akgerber 6y ago
  Many urban people are also perfectly well-served by the occasional rental/carshare.
- reportingsjr 6y ago
  This is exactly the setup my significant other and I have. We even live in an urban area that is pretty bike hostile, car obsessed, hilly. We have one car that we share and the other bikes/walks when needed. There have only been two or three times over the course of about 7 years that having two cars would have been nice, but it obviously didn't make that big of a deal. It's definitely helped keep us healthier as well, particularly compared to our similar aged friend group (~30 years old). We've both gotten comments from our physicians in the last few years because of this too!

I think in many cases ebike can easily replace a second car in a family.

by bliker 6y ago

I think in many cases ebike can easily replace a second car in a family.

Yes, we went down to one car and two e-bikes. It would have been a struggle without the bikes as we live in a semi-rural area with poor public transport.

Faaak 6y ago
Same here. We live 18km from the city center. We have an electric car that we rarely use and two e-bikes (45km/hour kind) that we both use daily to go to work (300m elevation change). It's perfect !
- algo_trader 6y ago
  How long do your batteries lasts which such a workload? I have a short 15 minute 3-km ebike daily commute. But after 1 year the battery is obviously weaker. And i never made it past 2 years before a battery swap. I charge daily. (I still kept my smallish car, which i now use much less)
  - Faaak 6y ago
    My ebike has a 814Wh battery. It'll easily do to and from work twice. I've already done 7000km with it and no noticeable difference (<10% ?). But it's true that the battery degrades. I don't really "mind" in the sense that I treat it as a consumable and not a forever item.
  - tonyedgecombe 6y ago
    That seems particularly poor. I'm still doing regular 30 mile rides with plenty of reserve after 6,000 miles on my original 500 wH battery.

ip26 6y ago

This is what I think needs a bit more discussion & airtime. You're never going to eliminate cars entirely, don't try. But I think there's a good case that one car may be enough for many families when combined with ebikes, transit, & the rest.

akgerber 6y ago
Many urban people are also perfectly well-served by the occasional rental/carshare.
reportingsjr 6y ago
This is exactly the setup my significant other and I have. We even live in an urban area that is pretty bike hostile, car obsessed, hilly. We have one car that we share and the other bikes/walks when needed. There have only been two or three times over the course of about 7 years that having two cars would have been nice, but it obviously didn't make that big of a deal. It's definitely helped keep us healthier as well, particularly compared to our similar aged friend group (~30 years old). We've both gotten comments from our physicians in the last few years because of this too!