It has to be said that the Infinite Machine Olto e-bike gives off Cybertruck vibes, though it’s small and kinda cute. The under-$3,500 “Class 2” contender, designed to conquer urban bike lanes at 20 mph and to be released in October, is the second product from the Queens-based Infinite Machine, following a similarly styled but […]

  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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    27 days ago

    Yup we used to call them mopeds. Nobody pedaled them either except to start them. This is an electric moped. They should nut up and call it that.

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      26 days ago

      It would be a pretty shit electric moped so that’s probably why they aren’t.

      I would expect an electric moped to go much faster than 20mph.

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        26 days ago

        It says it’ll do faster when “unlocked” in off road mode. Since 20mph is the limit for bike lanes it makes sense why they did it.