• Cort@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that. The 600wh battery isn’t even removable either, and 600wh is really small for a bike that costs 12k

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      7 days ago

      I’ve never even spent that much on a car. Maybe if I include repair bills it ends up being about that. I guess with bike there’s no insurance or gas but it still seems bonkers for a fraction of the metal and parts with not really much innovation.

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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        7 days ago

        There’s a point of diminishing returns with bikes that some would estimate to be much, much lower than $12,000, even for an e-bike.

        And for a bike like that (e-MTB), it’s even more difficult to justify the costs, because it’s not a car replacement like an e-cargo bike could be.