Comment on E-bikes are just bicycles with a motor. Therefore, e-bikes are motorcycles.
Michal@programming.dev 1 week ago
Enginecycles? If you specifically refer to internal combustion engine (ICE) then it’d make sense to call them icecycles. It sounds weird, maybe icicles?
But seriously EU has a definition of what an ebike is, it’s not just a bicycle with motor, there’s max allowed power, max assistance level, and importantly it should only assist when pedalling. Anything beyond that, yes, is classified as a motorbike.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So does the US, with tiers though so it’s a bit less straight forward, and some state laws like in NJ are doing some wacky things. In any event, OP just didn’t educate themselves before posting.