Originally Posted by
Smaug1
The battery packs quickly detach with a keyed lock. Bike stays downstairs/outside; batteries come inside for charging and theft deterrence. The battery packs have charging jacks right in their sides.
Carrying detachable batteries inside is certainly better than attached to a bulky cargo e-bike, assuming that charging them indoors is not a fire hazard
E-bike fires .
Storing cargo bikes "downstairs" or outside may still be an undesirable situation for those without an adequate secure ground level location for overnight or longer storage in many if not most urban areas where cargo bikes might otherwise provide a practical alternate means of transportation