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by NicoJuicy 868 days ago
Depends.

Electric cargo bikes could replace a lot of 'city' traffic for many people. Definitely in countries like Belgium / The Netherlands where there is a bigger cycling culture.

It mostly handles the use-case of "larger grocery shopping".

The long distance travelling is still the one that will require most people to own a car.

TLDR: From my observation. I use my car for 2 things:

- Larger shopping for cheaper goods ( supermarket). Electric Cargo bikes could fix this.

- Further distances > 20 km.

Edit: After my comment, I started reading the article and it's similar to what the article claims:

> It's not likely to totally replace your car, nor will it probably be your only bike. But access to a cargo bike can reduce car trips, and even car ownership, a study from Germany suggests.