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Meg Elliot

'Faster and more powerful electric motorcycles are being marketed as e-bikes' – New legislation in California aims to clamp down on false marketing of e-bikes amidst a spike in usage

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The US state of California has set out to distinguish e-bikes from e-motos in new legislation announced last week.

The bill comes after a sharp rise in the use of electric-assisted bicycles across the state, and the rise of higher-powered bikes being falsely advertised as e-bikes.

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