The government’s recent e-bike proposals to double the legal wattage of motors to 500W and allow ‘twist and go’ e-bikes with throttle control up to 15.5mph are ‘unnecessary’, ‘risky’, and the ‘wrong approach’, the Bicycle Association (BA) and Association of Cycle Traders (ACT) have said. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced the proposed changes in February, with the rationale that they will make electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPCs), “a more attractive and viable travel option for more people”.
I don’t get ebikes with throttles. It’s basically moped at that point
Now I don’t agree that mopeds should be so heavily regulated but basically it falls into the same category, only that one is powered with electricity and other is ice
with the limted top speed and weight diffrence mopeds are still much more dangerous than a twist and go e-bike