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It’s official: E-bikes are actually bikes, not ‘motor vehicles,’ according to new EU rules

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It’s official: E-bikes are actually bikes, not ‘motor vehicles,’ according to new EU rules

FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The EU Court of Justice yesterday ruled that e-bikes are actually bikes, not motorbikes, which means e-cyclists aren’t obligated to be insured in the same way as motorists.

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Why not? An electric motor is, by definition, a motor.
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  Legal definitions aren’t the same as dictionary definitions.

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