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Old 01-26-19 | 04:52 PM
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fietsbob
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Cool domestic protection..

Originally Posted by 2_i
European Union is going ahead with up to 79% import duties on imported Chinese electric bikes, claiming unfairness of government subsidies:

https://electrek.co/2019/01/18/eu-im...icycle-duties/

I suggest EU should themselves subsidize the move away from combustion engines. It is not clear to me why bicycles are targeted and apparently not scooters.
But they make their own.. (OK you can get a 2nd hand Vespa for less than a Bosch-Rohloff bike)
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