This new legislation would place strict limits on how powerful an e-bike's motor can be, in a move to make e-bikes safer for riders.
Source: CBS 8 News
"We think we are really going to enhance safety with it. We don't want to ban it altogether. We just want to make it where the bikes are safer," said Papan.
SAN DIEGO — Newly proposed state legislation would strictly limit the motor power of electric bikes to 750 watts, capping their speed and reclassifying more powerful models as motor-driven cycles that would require a license to operate.