EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

You get about 150 E-bikes out of the cells used for a car

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Heavily depends on the car and ebike. I've seen ebikes rocking over 1Kwh and cars closer to 40Kwh.
- Yeah and a motorcycle is almost as heavy as a car... if you compare a Honda Goldwing (379 kg) to a Citroën 2CV (475 kg).
  I didn't say anything useful, but we sure cherry-picked ourselves out of the general statement that cars are 5 times heavier than motorcycles!

Electric bikes have become really popular and common here in Denmark. I only have around 5km to work, so no need for an electric one, but if I had perhaps 20km to work, I’d buy an electric bicycle instantly.

I have 30km to work and it's along high speed roads. Electric bike is unsuitable and will eat about an hour each way for me.
Some people need traditional cars and I'm one of them. I won't share my job but before you say I should move job I really can't lol.
- I’m not saying it’s the optimal solution for everyone, nothing is.

E-bikes are probably around 100 times more economical than e-cars so it makes sense that they are much more impactful simply because so many more people can afford them.

The raw electricity usage is ~25 times lower for E-Bikes. And that is not counting in the 2 ton weight difference with all this steel, battery cells, electronics etc.
- The lower weight and size also has significant external benefits, because roads need less maintenance and don't need to be as big (that means less taxes for the owning classes in the back).
100 is a bit much, a good ebike can cost several thousands. IMHO the main driver for adoption is the availability of dedicated infrastructure. I can afford an EV but chose to use a bike because the infrastructure is excellent where I live and it allows me to avoid traffic and congestion.
- Maybe its a bit much but as i said in the other reply, you need:
  a parking space
  insurance
  maintainance
  eventually very costly battery replacement
  All of these are either not necessaey or muuuch cheaper for bikes. These are also recurring costs that together could pay for a whole new e bike every few months.

I see so many ebikes pop up is there a reason for this? Are people getting them because there's some incentive out there or is it because they're just a cheap way to commute?

Hard to comment on incentives without knowing what part of the world you're in, but yeah they're much cheaper than cars, less effort to use than standard bikes, and in cities can be the fastest way to get around a lot of the time.

I live in one of the most dense cities in the world. I own an ebike, electric scooter board, and an ICE Toyota sienta(basically a shrunken Senna). All 3 vehicles serve a purpose.

Within 10 minutes? Walk.

Between 10-20 minutes walk, electric scooter board

From 20-30 walk, e bike

Over 30 min walk, car.

In-between these, I take the bus or subway, if the stop is close to the station.

Basically, every vehicle has a purpose. Adding an ebike might be good to have in addition to your ICE vehicle.

Which city? Because for most of the densest I'd say 30 mins would be way to bother with a car, and if you're actually living in the city you wouldn't even own a car but maybe taxi makes sense for some journeys.

My dream vehicle: electric tadpole velomobile. Efficient, stable even in winter conditions, weather protection. Unfortunately unaffordable at the moment, prices starting at around 9000€. Plus living in a condo storing one safely while not in use is a difficult endeavor.

I love my electric unicycle

I want one but it's too expensive.

I've honestly been considering giving up my car for an electric scooter for the summer - my wife will keep her car, so we can still go to places with the family, but I don't need a car for my work commute. At the same time, I'm too lazy to wake up early enough to walk.

Helps that I live in a medium sized European town. Escooters and bikes are very viable - and you can rent them for a low fee too, from multiple providers (I do wish they didn't each require their own app, but of course they do).

Do it! Just think of all the insurance, gas and repair money you'll save.
I'd personally advise for an e bike rather than a scooter since it's more versatile and allows you to put bags on it to transport stuff, but that's personal preference of course.
- There's no cargo scooters?
Yeah households don't really need two cars, drop it down to one.
Try out a rental and see how you feel about it. Keep in mind that even a bike with worse specs will probably be better due to not being used and abused by tons of people and proper bike fit also makes things infinitely better.
- I've taken the local rental scooters a bunch of times, they're great utility, but quite worn. I used to cycle a bunch, but for short distances I actually prefer the scooter.

I live in Chicago.

I'm not gonna say there's no reason to have a car, but I see no reason for the average Chicagoan to own a car.

The CTA is actually pretty reliable overall The streets are comparatively bikeable The Divvy System (bike share) is well layer out.

Make America Multimodal Again. This. Shit. Works.

Ebikes are Europe bikes

Cool. Meanwhile cruise ships and shipping boats continue to contribute to the vast majority of emissions.

As long as they continue to exists it will make zero difference what kind of car or bike you drive.

Superfreighters are among the most efficient form of transport. It can be more eco friendly to import even fresh water than using difficult to access water. Same goes for exotic fruit, like tomatoes etc.