I would recommend any bike with 8 or 9 speed in your budget that you tried and like to ride. Add the cost of a good U-lock and lights. As it eventually get stolen, save for a next bike.

8/9 speed parts are robust, abundant, and cheap, and maintenance is easy.

they forgot to add deathsand chronic illness from air pollution caused by cars, not only nasty particles from gas combustion but brakes and tires dust, aggravated with weight

Unfortunately open sourcing is not an option without certification, cause vehucles will not be allowed to go on roads.

At least here in europe

A company in my city created an EV conversion kit for any cars years ago. As they could not get certification for all models, they made a partnership with the constructor and managed to have certification for only 1 model (Renault Master, a utility truck) and now the company is controlled by Renault (the constructor).

They indeed killed the competition…

Get a Wuling Hongguang Mini EV or a citroen ami (which unfortunately is over your budget)

Then get a Light Electric Vehicule, you may not go as fast and as far as your car but it might be enough for 90% of daily travels

Aaah then it is not a retreat it is just an excuse to fire people and whine about regulations

Nice tools organizer!

Check on youtube there is probably a video on how to open and do it your laptop model

I feel like this is the same for any animal species. Does someone has a map of world’s land use for human activities ?

maybe this one ? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01284-8/figures/2

Whaaat my laptop is 13yo, It is faster than new, just because I added ram and ssd 4 years ago

TL;DW : money, and a lack of critical thinking (1 men told “this is the way to build” and all jumped on the train)

please go send a 0 star review on constructors website.

oh shit you can’t !

Surprisingly yes it is, cause big cities are in valleys which are flat (valleys were flattened by massive glaciers), and there is a lovely bike infrastructure.

damn you just reminded me my mom bought a basic calculator with tiny solar panel 25 years ago : it is still working !

damn wild trees crossing street

They will if they are forced by regulation : 10y mandatory warrantee, right to repair, standardized swappable batteries, spare parts production for 20y…

but we need politics who set up such regulations

Or just learn to ignore it, like advertising : when I see a troll I just think “allright this is bullshit” and move on

Now it is a drop in the bucket, but with a good bike road (which is secure from cars and actually go somewhere, like workplaces, schools, groceries) people can finally take a bike or a scooter instead of their car.

If you want personnal example, I go out and make grown up stuff everyday on my bike, like going to work, groceries and taking kids to the school, cause I know how to mix in traffic (and most of people in cars here are respectful).

With a secured bike road my kids could go by themselves, and my wife could go by herself to groceries, now she is too afraid of cars, fortunately city is spending millions to build that so in few years it will be allright.

And I see plenty of roads empty during the day which is used only twice a day during workdays by a couple of resident (if they work), and you still pay for it without thinking about it.

Do you see vacant car lanes too? Cause there are plenty of it!