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electric bicycle
Sign in to saveAlso known as e-bike, booster bike, powerbike, electric bike, ebike
bicycle with an integrated electric motor
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Within Vinony's link graph, electric bicycle is referenced by 931 other articles, and connects out to moped, cycle rickshaw and electric kick scooter.
Vinony files it under Cycle types, Electric bicycles and Micromobility.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- motorized bicycle
- Image
- Left side of Flying Pigeon.jpg
- Said to be same as
- pedelec
- Has use
- commuting
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- Commons category
- Electrically-powered bicycles
- topic's main category
- Category:Electric bicycles
- different from
- electric motorcycle
- used by
- bicycle-sharing system
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Encyclopedic overview
A bay of electric hire bikes in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
An electric bicycle, e-bike, electrically assisted pedal cycle, or electrically power assisted cycle is a type of a motorized bicycle with an integrated electric motor used to assist propulsion. Many kinds of e-bikes are available worldwide, but they generally fall into two broad categories: bikes that require the rider's pedal-power (i.e. pedelecs) and bikes that control the motor with buttons or a twistgrip, integrating moped-style functionality. Both retain the ability to be pedaled by the rider and are therefore not electric motorcycles. E-bikes use rechargeable batteries and typically are motor-powered up to 25 to 32 km/h (16 to 20 mph), some to 45 km/h (28 mph).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electric bicycle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.