Comment Ebikers are poor. That's the problem. (Score 1) 146
People can substitute cars with ebikes so the poorer and frugal can use that for mobility. That is a big problem for the car industry, transportation industry and taxes collected.
If people don't drive cars, it is a major problem to the industries that are build around everyone driving cars.
Cars kill and injure people at unprecedented rates but that is just the price everyone is willing to pay.
This is why public transportation, cycling infrastructure was attacked and demonized all the time.
This is coming at a time when the car industry wants people to get into bigger and bigger cars.