[jacknews]

Sure, they're a thing, but where was this where 'most kids had electric mopeds'?

I think classic 'moped territory' would be somewhere like South-East Asia. I don't see too many electric mopeds there.

[codr7]

Growing up in the Swedish country side, most kids including me had mopeds. Not electric, but considering I'm 42yo it just wasn't a thing back then.

Usually they used the same parts as more powerful motorcycles, but with cheaper breaks and crippled engines to reduce the max speed.

And that's how I got my only engine mechanics experience, by finding ways to make them run fast.

Sort of the worst of both worlds, fast motorcycles without proper breaks driven by kids without traffic experience/common sense.