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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age

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[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Rule of thumb: if a headline is a yes or no question, the answer is always no.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 10 points 6 months ago

Wow, are we actually going to see it in use right as solid state batteries start coming out too?

I'm not holding my breath but it would be pretty cool...

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

By the old journalism rule: no...

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Graphene breakthroughs are up there with new battery tech and HIV cures.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah but supposedly we're actually finally getting solid state tech commercially available in things like vehicles within the next year or two.

Technically, you can already buy them as external battery packs for devices but they are pricey compared to old lithium ion batteries.

[–] gruvn@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can it break down and/or be recycled? No thanks to plastic v2.0.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 6 months ago

Hey now, it could be asbestos 2.0. Let's not limit ourselves.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

im annoyed that israeli guy made perfect the enemy of good and we never saw cardboard bikes.

Isnt it like

YAY

stronger than steel?