From what I have seen most of the e bikes I see are the lower end hub drive fat tire bikes. Most riders See are not working too hard. but I do see some good mid drives and people are actually peddling them. my wife and I on our e tandem we crows around 18.5 mph right about where the motor cuts off. had one guy on a rad using only a throttle could not quit pass us he had to start peddling to get that little bit more. then once ahead of us he had to keep peddling off and on to keep ahead of us. I almost feel sorry for him
I ride a e bike so I can keep my speed up even on days I feel like crap because of my heath issues. but I can work harder on days I feel better. Just just makes riding fun so fun that between my commuter e bike and our e tandem we just got in June I got 9000 miles in. during the summer that was 30+ miles a day 7 days week. I ride everywhere and with the e tandem my wife who is blind now goes everywhere to never have to ride the bus anymore.