Wheel-E Podcast: Right to repair e-bikes, 90% theft rate, bike-vans & more

From Electrek.co.

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new moped-style e-bikes from Electra, e-bikes and the right to repair debate, e-bike vans coming to NYC, sustainable replacement for e-bike boxes, ordering e-bikes from Indiegogo and more. https://electrek.co/?p=319153

Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the Wheel-E podcast today:

Why e-bike companies are fighting to stop riders from repairing their electric bikes
Electra launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped-style bike, fits two riders
Wide load! Extra-thick four-wheeled electric cargo bikes to replace trucks in New York
Bye bye, cardboard boxes. Riese & Müller’s surprising new way to deliver e-bikes
A ’90% chance of theft’ causes insurer to cancel plans for one type of e-bike
A streamlined two-seater electric trike that looks so cool, anyone could be seen riding it
I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. I wouldn’t recommend it