| Re: About six times as expensive....
"DougC" <dcimper@norcom2000.com> wrote in message
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> Tom Keats wrote:
>>
>> In some jurisdictions that wattage would put such a vehicle
>> over the threshold of qualifying as a Power Assisted Bicycle,
>> and into the realm of motor(ized) vehicles requiring licensing,
>> insurance and registration, as well as other complications such
>> as street-legal lights.
>
> This is true--certainly in the US, which I have (am) experiencing
> first-hand. However-that is a regulatory inefficiency, rather than a
> technical one.
True in the UK too. Electric bikes are allowed to assist up to 15mph IIRC,
and there's probably a power limit too. IC engines are out, and a good thing
too IMO.
cheers,
clive
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