There are many personal vehicles on the market and different states and counties have their own rules for electric scooters, but electric bikes are legal across the country under the Federal Electric Bike Law. The X-Treme XB-600 Electric Bike is a sleek and functional electric bicycle that looks like a modern moped. The powerful 600 watt brushless hub motor is strong enough to carry the rider 20 mph for up to 20 miles distance. The motor is in the hub of the XB-600 so there are no belts or chains to maintain or adjust...
X-Treme's XB-508 Electric Bicycle is a really great introductory personal transport vehicle. You can pedal, you can use just the electric motor, or a combination of the two to increase your range. Sitting in your car wondering why someone on the sidewalk just passed you....again, will have you searching for alternate forms of transportation. Electric bikes are categorized as regular bicycles, so you can ride the XB-508 wherever you can ride a bicycle.......
There are many ways to reduce your dependency on foreign oil. Walking, cycling, and skating are ways people can get around, instead of driving your car. Sometimes you need more range and you want to arrive without being all sweaty and tired, so you would need something to do the work for you. Enter electric Bicycles are bicycles with pedals, which, makes them legal in all 50 states and the same rules that apply to Bicycles, also apply to Electric Bicycles.
On my way to work the other day, I was sitting in my car, not going anywhere on a main street near my house. Every day I sit on this street for too long, wondering why the hell I am not farther up the road. My commute to work should be 10 minutes, but ends up being 15-20 minutes judging on the congestion. Every day this nerdy little dude passes me in the middle of the two laned road. He just cuts the cars like a sport bike on the freeway. I ended up stopping him, and interrogating him to find.
Guess what? Gas prices are up again--up so much that according to The Hill, gasoline prices are taking up the biggest portion of average family budgets in three decades:
"The Energy Department’s statistical arm reported Monday that the average household spent $2,912 for gasoline in 2012, which makes up almost 4 percent of pre-tax income, tying 2008 for the highest percentage in roughly 30 years."
Here we go again.. it looks like gas prices are about to start climbing once again. Are you ready?
"U.S. gasoline prices crept up by about 2 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, but higher crude oil prices are likely to mean more small increases on the horizon..."
For the full article, check out this article from CNN.