With plenty of room for children, shopping or a slab of beer, ebikes are causing some to reconsider their relationship with cars
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Suddenly, ebikes are everywhere, having gone from fringe leisure pastime to one of the fastest growing segments of the global transport market.
And they’re having an impact on carbon emissions. A recent Bloomberg report found there are now 11 times more electric two- and three-wheeled vehicles in the world than electric cars, displacing nearly four times as much oil usage.
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