This is what worries me about the tariffs. I’m all for supporting American companies, but I don’t know of any making ebike motors, motor controllers, throttles or battery packs. Even Grin Tech in Canada is using Chinese parts.
The most important thing is getting people off cars for short trips of 1-45 miles. Making ebikes affordable helps us decarbonize for a fraction of the cost of what an EV car costs. You can get an Aventon ebike for as low as $1,000 USD. More ebikes from Juiced Bikes on sale go as low as $1,150. And those aren’t even subsidized by the government, even though ebikes make a lot more sense for cities over EV cars.
Until there’s the capacity to drop in American motors to replace Bafeng motors and american batteries to replace Samsung cells, I don’t see this helping people get off of ICE motors and oil.
What will happen when someone’s motor breaks in 2026?
This is what worries me about the tariffs. I’m all for supporting American companies, but I don’t know of any making ebike motors, motor controllers, throttles or battery packs. Even Grin Tech in Canada is using Chinese parts.
The most important thing is getting people off cars for short trips of 1-45 miles. Making ebikes affordable helps us decarbonize for a fraction of the cost of what an EV car costs. You can get an Aventon ebike for as low as $1,000 USD. More ebikes from Juiced Bikes on sale go as low as $1,150. And those aren’t even subsidized by the government, even though ebikes make a lot more sense for cities over EV cars.
Until there’s the capacity to drop in American motors to replace Bafeng motors and american batteries to replace Samsung cells, I don’t see this helping people get off of ICE motors and oil.
What will happen when someone’s motor breaks in 2026?