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Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck (jalopnik.com)

submitted 4 months ago by _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I pull my inflatable kayak with a bike trailer and thought about an ebike but then, I also do touring and the places I go to are beyond battery life. For example this weekend I'm cycling 90 km to my camp site and there's no electricity. And I need to get back.

And the second issue with this is that AFAIK there's no fast charging on most ebikes. So if I need to stop somewhere to charge it when the battery will be dead after 75 km, it will take an eternity to charge.

So in the end, for my case, as someone cycling a few thousand kilometres a year, for "longer distances", it's wouldn't be very practical.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You can still pedal without the battery, you just don't get the assist. What do you mean by fast charging? My battery goes from empty to full in 4 hours, and I have a 50 mile range. (80.5 km)

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But with a dead battery you have to haul it plis your stuff, which was supposed to be there to make it easier in the first place.

And by fast charge, I mean like an electric car, that can fully cjarge in about 15 to 20 minutes instead of hours.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Wouldn't you still get some benefit once you're going due to regenerative breaking? Though I'm just guessing as to how they are set up, no idea if they even do regenerative breaking.