Electric bicycles are some of the best ways to decarbonize our transportation. They're easy to use, cheap to buy, and even cheaper to maintain.

But there are moves to make it impossible for people to maintain and repair their own bikes. Nikki looks at what's going on behind the scenes, what the arguments are, and what we can all do to support the move to e-mobility.

00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - Right To Repair Refresher 03:01 - Right To Repair is more than gadgets at home 04:19 - Electric Cars and Right To Repair 05:03 - e-Bike manufafcturers and their anti right-to-repair 05:45 - Statistics don't back up the fearmongering 07:35 - Socially acceptable electrical work in other spheres, so why not e-bikes and e-cars? 08:46 - electric car repairs do have some special requirements 10:18 - e-bikes are not electric cars 11:19 - ebike batteries are consumables - not user servicable parts (like they are in electric cars) 13:20 - Basic repairs aren't hard with some basic knowledge 15:51 - One ebike is pretty similar to another 16:53 - Solutions 18:57 - What you can do

Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield and Kate Walton-Elliot Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield and Kate Walton-Elliott Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield © Transport Evolved LLC, 2023

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