The review in 3alamer's post goes back to 2012. I'm not that familiar with e-bikes but that doesn't seem that old compared to a regular bicycle. They still look and seem to be in good condition.

I've been chastised in the past for riding an environmentally unfriendly g-bike. When I see machines that took polluting energy and chemicals to produce along with onboard toxic technologies being discarded rather than being refurbished or rebuilt, it makes me wonder just how environmentally friendly e-bikes actually are..

I also wonder how many miles and gallons of gas would I have to to travel and burn on my g-bike to equal the pollution in the creation of a new modern e-bike.