Driving an additional 4,155 miles in our Subaru Outback would have resulted in 3700 lbs of carbon dioxide emissions.

Can you guess how much our e-bikes emitted over that distance?
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We used 90 kWh of electricity to charge our bikes in 2023, and all that "fuel" cost us less than $10.

We average 46 miles per kWh across our three e-bikes. Our least efficient, the Urban Arrow gets about 40 miles per kWh, while our most efficient, the Batch Commuter, gets about 80 miles per kWh. To put that into perspective, a Tesla Model 3 gets 3.9 mi/kWh and a Ford Lightning gets 2 mi/kWh.
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We use our e-bikes nearly every day, mainly for trips to practical destinations we would otherwise drive to.

The electric assist makes it easy to carry everything we need—briefcase, work bag, backpack, groceries, and the kiddo's violin—even for this wheezy asthmatic.

All our bikes are set up so we can carry our 5 year old, and our largest e-cargo bike can even carry a full-sized adult passenger.
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