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When I ride my ebike to the grocery store or to work its pretty much always replacing a trip I would have taken in a car. I'd say it replaces about 20% of my trips. There is close to zero chance I would have used a non-ebike to have done the same.
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For what reason? Ebikes essentially are motorcycles. So why don't you just use a real motorcycle? E-bikes combine the disadvantages of bicycles, namely comparatively low speed, with the disadvantages of motor vehicles, namely loss of fitness.
I don't think it helps anybody to antagonize people who want to use ebikes.
They still have some exercise, albeit obviously reduced compared to a "real" bike. They don't pollute their environment with exhaust gases and noise. They don't use as much public space as they would with a car or even a motorbike
Anecdotally a collegue of mine got a ebike last year an has since ridden 2k km and even driven it 15km to work some times. She has not used her normal bike that much in the last 10 years combined.
@Asinus I don't think it helps anyone to encourage people to switch from real bicycles to e-bikes, which are no longer bicycles at all.