Ukuthengiswa kwe-E-bike kuyanda, kusho abathengisi baseYukon

Abantu abengeziwe kunanini ngaphambili eWhitehorse basebenzisa amabhayisikili e-e, ngokuya ngabathengisi.

Imisebenzi ye-Icycle Sports ikhuthaza la manyunithi - amabhayisikili kagesi noma kunjalo ezinezinyawo kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho zifaka ibhethri elikhokhiswayo - kathathu kakhulu le yr uma iqhathaniswa neyokugcina, kusho umphathi omkhulu wokuthengisa uMalcolm Mills.

Ukwanda kwesifiso salo nyaka kube "kukhulu kakhulu," kubhala uMills nge-imeyili.

AbakwaMills bathi amabhayisikili awakhupheli kuphela abagibeli bamabhayisikili abathanda kakhulu. Uthe bakhombisa ukujwayeleka kubantu abanezingozi noma amandla okuba yizimo abangasebenzisa ukusiza ukukhuphuka izintaba.

"Sibona labo abangakhathazekile ngokuhamba ngebhayisikili iminyaka eyishumi noma eyengeziwe bebuya ngenxa yama-e-bikes," esho.

Intuthuko ayikho kuphela eYukon.

Faka ukuthengisa okuphelele kwama-e-bikes ibhalwe eCanada kulo nyaka. Abashicileli abathile bakhomba ukuthi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19, olunabantu abagwema ukuhamba ngezimoto nokuhamba komphakathi. 

UDean Eyre weCadence Cycle eWhitehorse uthe kunelukuluku elengeziwe emabhayisikili athwala izingane namabhayisikili ezimpahla ikakhulukazi. “Ngibona sengathi sisemathunjini ebhabhalazi. Sibonile ukuphakama okukhulu, kodwa ngikholwa wukuthi asikakaqali ukukhipha amandla, ”kusho yena, ebhekisa kuma-e-bikes. 

U-Eyre uthe kuyabekezela ukuqagela ukuthi mangaki amabhayisikili e-Yukon njengoba abantu abaningi bethenga ngeposi esikhundleni sabathengisi bomdabu. 

Lokhu kuqukethe amakhithi okuguqula afaka injini kumabhayisikili wendabuko.

Imisebenzi yeListers Motor Sports eWhitehorse yaqala ukuphatha amabhayisikili ama-e-yr nohhafu esikhathini esedlule kanye nomkhiqizo wayo ojwayelekile ohluka ngezimoto ezihamba ngeqhwa, amabhayisikili othuli, amabhayisikili, ama-all-terrain autos (ATVs) nezimoto ezihlukile zokuzilibazisa.

Lesi sitolo sithe ukuthi sithengwe ngaphezu kwamabhayisikili angama-50 kuze kube manje. 

"Leli iloli lethu lesine, ngakho-ke sifeze kahle kakhulu ngabo," kusho umphathi omkhulu wezentengiso uSpencer Edelman. 

U-Edelman uthe amabhayisikili kagesi awavamile kuphela kubagibeli. Uthe abazingeli baseYukon bakhombisa ilukuluku ngenxa yokuthi amabhayisikili athule kakhulu kunama-ATV, futhi lokho kuyasiza ekusondeleni umdlalo wasendle.

Ukunikezwa kweBagel ngamasondo amabili

Ibhizinisi elilodwa laseWhitehorse elisebenzisa i-e-bike iBullet Gap Bagels. 

Umninimunye u-Adrian Burrill ubelokhu ediliva usuku nosuku esuka eHorwoods Mall eya eWykes 'Your Unbiased Grocer

Ngasekupheleni kokusebenzisa ibhayisikili elithwala impahla kagesi futhi uvame ukuphatha amakesi amabili amakhulu kuma-racks ngaphezu kwe-trailer egcwele izinto ezibhakiwe.

“Sizomadanisa wonke amabhele amaningi khona lapha. Akunakwenzeka ukuthola idolobha elizungezayo, ”kusho yena. 

Kususwa ukusetshenziswa kwezimoto

Abameli bama-e-bikes bathi zisiza ukunciphisa ukunciphisa ukungcola futhi gridlock.

URichard Legner ubesebenzisa i-cargo e-bike futhi wathi kususwe ukusetshenziswa kwezimoto zakhe, hhayi ngaphansi kwalapho isimo sezulu sishisa. 

“Ngiyicoshe entwasahlobo ekuqaleni kukaMight futhi angikaze ngisebenzise imoto nganoma iyiphi indlela edolobheni selokhu ngathenga ibhayisikili,” kusho yena. 

ULegner uthe ukusebenzisa ibhayisikili lezimpahla kuguqule imikhuba yakhe yokuthenga kahle, njengoba ejwayele ukuya kakhulu ezitolo ezihluke ngokuphelele kunokugcwalisa ukuthenga okukodwa ezitolo ezinkulu.

Ukuma kweWhitehorse kungenzeka kube yinjongo eyodwa yama-e-bikes akhombisa ukuthi ajwayelekile. 

USarah McPhee-Knowles ubesebenzisa ibhayisikili elinamandla kagesi, elinethaya elinamafutha ukubamba indodakazi yakhe lapho ihlala khona kusukela ekunakekelweni kwezingane kukhuphuka ukuthambekela okude okubizwa ngeTwo Mile Hill.

“Ngokumyisa enkulisa kusetshenzwa kahle kakhulu. Umyeni wami uyamshiya ngebhayisikili lakhe elijwayelekile, bese ngiyamkhetha lapho usuku luphela. Unesisindo esingamakhilogremu angama-28 ngakho-ke unamandla okuthola i-e-bike futhi nosizo oluncane nje lwenza kube lula kakhulu, ”kusho yena.