Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year, followed by cars
Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year, followed by cars
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Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year, followed by cars
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Wow. I haven't been in Vietnam for a while but there were a lot of motorbikes
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I'm not a local, but the cynic in me feels this is a war on motorcycles and not cars.
Clear the streets of motorcycles to allow room for more cars.
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This is the creation of a void to allow Chinese electric bikes into the country.
I, as a motorcyclist, want a e-bike, but they are trash as of now, unless you are willing to spend over $10k
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The air is still going to be much easier to breathe after people switch to ebikes. The smell of the scooters and motorcycles is pretty intense.
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What makes them trash?
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I've not seen an electric motorcycle that's even slightly designed to do what I would want it to do.
They're either "ebikes" which are sold like bicycles, they're about as capable as a moped aka inappropriate for footpath and highway use.
Then you go all the way up to $20,000 electric superbikes that accelerate like a rifle bullet up to their maximum speed of 80 miles per hour, which it can sustain for about 40 minutes.
I haven't seen any evidence that anyone has attempted to make a bike that could do what my Ninja 250 could: Go 70 miles per hour for 300 miles before refueling. Oh, and for a purchase price of $4,000.
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From all of the comments I’m reading, it would make the most sense to ban gasoline cars first, then ban the motorcycle. Allows time for a better clean motorcycle to be made, maybe drives some incentive for those there in Vietnam to try their hand at making them.
All in all, it seems like a nice way to stop polluting the air. As another commenter said, if it is to make room for more cars, fuck them.