_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago'Innovation shouldn’t be constrained by arbitrary power limits' – Avinox argues high-power motors are not a threat to eMTB industry | BikeRadarwww.bikeradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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minus-squareTehdastehdas@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoAgreed. Cars don’t have power limits, they have speed limits, which is good, but maybe they need speed limiters too. High power only allows you to accelerate quickly to the speed limit(er). That’s not dangerous. Speed is. The arbitrary power limits have been used by the fossil fuel industry to cripple velomobiles (pedal cars): https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles
Agreed. Cars don’t have power limits, they have speed limits, which is good, but maybe they need speed limiters too.
High power only allows you to accelerate quickly to the speed limit(er). That’s not dangerous. Speed is.
The arbitrary power limits have been used by the fossil fuel industry to cripple velomobiles (pedal cars):
https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles