From Transport Evolved.
Electric bicycles are some of the best ways to decarbonize our transportation. They’re easy to use, cheap to buy, and even cheaper to maintain.
But there are moves to make it impossible for people to maintain and repair their own bikes. Nikki looks at what’s going on behind the scenes, what the arguments are, and what we can all do to support the move to e-mobility.
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00:00 – Introduction
01:39 – Right To Repair Refresher
03:01 – Right To Repair is more than gadgets at home
04:19 – Electric Cars and Right To Repair
05:03 – e-Bike manufafcturers and their anti right-to-repair
05:45 – Statistics don’t back up the fearmongering
07:35 – Socially acceptable electrical work in other spheres, so why not e-bikes and e-cars?
08:46 – electric car repairs do have some special requirements
10:18 – e-bikes are not electric cars
11:19 – ebike batteries are consumables – not user servicable parts (like they are in electric cars)
13:20 – Basic repairs aren’t hard with some basic knowledge
15:51 – One ebike is pretty similar to another
16:53 – Solutions
18:57 – What you can do
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Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield and Kate Walton-Elliot
Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield and Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
© Transport Evolved LLC, 2023
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