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E-bikes an average end up being greener and healthier[1] than regular bikes because they get used so much more often, and the ultimate eco goal is to replace car trips rather than make the biking itself as green as possible. This is because they expand the possible destinations for a bike that fit into someone's daily life in a couple of possible ways:

1) The user doesn't want to be sweaty at the destination e.g. work, dinner

2) The user doesn't want to be too tired at the destination e.g. park, gym

3) the destination is too far away for their level of fitness

4) the destination takes too long to get to (a fit person can go much faster on an e-bike)

(3) and (4) are especially important in the US where bicyclists have to contend with the distances created by car-centric design.

[1] https://electrek.co/2019/08/11/electric-bike-riders-more-exe...