Those “bikes” are mopeds and are legally only not classified as such due to ideologically guided stupidity of politicians. It’s no new mode of transport, the only thing that’s had a relatively recent revival due to better battery technology is the electric motor. But a motor is a motor. If I fitted a bike with a newly invented fart powered motor that could propel it to the speed of sound, it wouldn’t be a new mode of transport either, but a motorbike.
The problem is that they don’t go above 25km/h out of the factory, they are (easily) modified to do so. And by default you need to paddle to propel yourself, but this is often bypassed as well.
Those “bikes” are mopeds and are legally only not classified as such due to ideologically guided stupidity of politicians. It’s no new mode of transport, the only thing that’s had a relatively recent revival due to better battery technology is the electric motor. But a motor is a motor. If I fitted a bike with a newly invented fart powered motor that could propel it to the speed of sound, it wouldn’t be a new mode of transport either, but a motorbike.
The problem is that they don’t go above 25km/h out of the factory, they are (easily) modified to do so. And by default you need to paddle to propel yourself, but this is often bypassed as well.