Hmm, you sound like you’re describing electric cargo bike 😉
But seriously, much lower dead weight to actually carried ratio, lower speeds… The only missing part of the puzzle is safe infrastructure (separate lanes, prioritized traffic etc.)
Eh I usually go around with my non-cargo and non-ev bike and it solves around 90% of my mobility problems. The rest is unfortunately up to the car since going to office means 2 hours of train + tram + walking but by car it’s around 35-40 minutes including finding a parking spot. And then there’s the occasional very large and big item (like furniture and tools) that I need to bring around and my car is sometimes not big enough for that, forget about a cargo bike.
I’d rather rent a car when I need it, but it’s around 120€ per day, max 100km, plus gasoline and it is unpractical because you don’t know of there are cars available. Once I needed to bring a big table and it was cheaper to hire a moving company for a couple of hours than renting the big SUV and do by myself
Learn to make them efficient so you don’t need a giant heavy expensive battery…
Or maybe a billion dollar research grant to get solid state batteries out, which seem to solve all of these problems
What exactly are you referencing when you say “make them efficient”?
Hmm, you sound like you’re describing electric cargo bike 😉 But seriously, much lower dead weight to actually carried ratio, lower speeds… The only missing part of the puzzle is safe infrastructure (separate lanes, prioritized traffic etc.)
Eh I usually go around with my non-cargo and non-ev bike and it solves around 90% of my mobility problems. The rest is unfortunately up to the car since going to office means 2 hours of train + tram + walking but by car it’s around 35-40 minutes including finding a parking spot. And then there’s the occasional very large and big item (like furniture and tools) that I need to bring around and my car is sometimes not big enough for that, forget about a cargo bike.
I’d rather rent a car when I need it, but it’s around 120€ per day, max 100km, plus gasoline and it is unpractical because you don’t know of there are cars available. Once I needed to bring a big table and it was cheaper to hire a moving company for a couple of hours than renting the big SUV and do by myself
Your 90% bike usage already lessens the environmental impact of your driving, while also adding personal health benefits, so please keep doing that 🙏