“Banned from parking garages , banned from your garage , banned from parking on the street ,LOL”
That’s the cars, and what about the electro bikes? It looks like those things are becoming very popular, often with a theoretical range of 60 miles, which is pretty close to the longest distance a reasonably fit writer can push an ordinary bike. At between one and $2000 price apiece these bikes are likely to be very popular among college students who will then be looking to find places to store their bikes, along with the often combustible batteries. What are all of our woke colleges going to do when the kids come in wanting to store their new, explosive, toys in crowded dormitories? Also, as far as ordinary families are concerned, where are the kids spiffy new combustible bikes to be stored in their families’ houses?
That depends on the model of e-bike. I bought mine about 6 years ago, for $3000 (high quality but still cheaper than $5000 non-ebikes), with a removable battery pack. Remove the battery, and the e-bike can be stored safely just like an ordinary bicycle. I charge the battery pack separately in a safe area, but only to about 80 percent. If fully charged, the e-bike can go up to 100 mile range. The safe thing to do is to charge between 20 and 80 percent.
The problem for college kids, is buying cheap inferior Chinese e-bikes that are susceptible to explosive fires when charging - especially not good if charged in crowded dormitory rooms.