Friday, January 29, 2010

Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs) aka electric bikes

Today's email features a lengthy article about Light Electric Vehicles, a category designed to include both scooters and electric bicycles. It mostly focuses on the bikes, and the huge increase in popularity in Europe, but I found this quote compelling:

"...the average cost of owning, operating, maintaining, and driving a car comes out to 71 cents per mile for an average car driving an average of 10,000 miles per year. In contrast, it costs about 2.7 cents per mile to drive a LEV the same distance."

For those who go short commutes, it might make sense to switch, at least for the shorter trips. For more info, here's the link to the full article.

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