My wife and I purchased a pair of e-bikes (I haven't seen any for rent where we are except at bike shops, and I can bike to work which makes owning one make sense), and yeah, they are -insanely- fun. Even for exercise they're great; you can pedal without pedal assist...but hit a steep hill, or have to stop due to traffic, having a throttle to get you moving just makes everything so much smoother.

My fitness has improved so much since owning an ebike. Yeah it's not nearly as much work as using a regular bike but unless you are using a bike all the time you are going to see a massive improvement from switching from a car to an ebike.

I own an ebike as well as a bunch of non ebikes and while I love riding regular bikes on the weekend, the ebike is just so useful for getting to work fast and sweat free. I live in a very hilly area and the ebike makes it like riding on flat ground.

Electric bikes (e-bikes) are safer and more durable than scooters, BUT they cost way more (>5x I think) and take up more space. There are also the issues of changing seat height and dresses/long clothes getting caught in bikes.

I'm based in London, where scooters are still banned, but tried Lime in Austin when it first launched. I found the digital experience incredible and I had a great time. But the small wheels on anything other than silky smooth surfaces makes trips uncomfortable and I did almost wipe out. Plus the brakes are not great and the battery performance deteriorates noticeably on longer trips.

There is a place for scooters (small downtown areas) but I think that E-bikes make more sense and can use existing cycling infrastructure more easily. Excited by all these changes...

Thanks, I forgot to mention the safety part. Then I saw this which seems to confirm that there's an issue there.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/e-scoot...

Re: cost and taking up space... sure ok. But all these things still compare favorably to cars in that regard.