Alfonso,
very , very good points you make in your post.
On Canadian Tire/Wallmart Chinese brands. Average Joe heard about those elecric bikes, he goes to Cn Tire see them , choose one, buy, starts to ride one, he forgets to charge Lead battery , bike dies and at the end he says -"so this is what electric bike is all about"-POC .
Canadian Tire and Wallmart types make great misservice to ebikes by selling very low quality ebikes.
I met some people on my way from work asking about my ebike,
they were surprised that battery alone on my ebike cost $750 and
even more surprised when I said my battery /LiFePo/ would easly last 10years.
Chinese brands are filling dumpsters of this world fast.
MC