The new law fundamentally changes how e-bikes are regulated and creates significant implications for riding and selling e-bikes across the state.

Electric bicycles are under increasing scrutiny, often for the wrong reasons. In this three-part series, PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of electric bicycles in America, clarify what qualifies as a legal electric bicycle, and call out bad actors mislabeling high-powered motor vehicles as “e-bikes."