The E-BIKE Act is back and better than ever
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A bill to give Americans a $1,500 discount on the purchase of a new electric bike was introduced in Congress this week, less than a year after a similar proposal was left out of the climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act.
The original Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act was introduced in 2021 as a way to help defray the costs of an e-bike, which can be expensive but has been shown to reduce car trips for many riders. The bill was amended after it was included in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation but was then dropped after the bill morphed into the Inflation Reduction Act. The new E-BIKE Act is very similar to its predecessor, right down to using the exact same name, but there are…
