I feel like the only way electric bikes will be viable in the us is if they do battery exchanges similar to propane tanks. That said 75 miles isn’t very far. An hour of highway driving and your done.
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$4,800 is "low-cost"!?
For real, you can buy a very nice dirt bike for 5k..
Tiny battery
As someone who once owned a car that shared a model number with another car by a totally different company.... Let me tell you searching for parts was a pain.
The well known Mazda MX-5 might cause the same problem for buyers of this :(
Thankfully an electric bike and ICE car will be different enough that it won't be too bad, but there might still be the odd crossover.