Mark2 E-Motion CRUISER, User Manual

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Environment
Department for Transport figures show that
currently, for every journey between 2-5 miles
made by a eBike, 20 are made by a car. These
car journeys are playing a significant role in
the rising levels of hazardous air pollution in
our cities and increasing the dangerous effects
of global climate change We must reduce our
reliance on fossil fuel powered cars for the
health of our environment and ourselves.
Users of electric bikes are much more likely to
travel distances of 2-5 miles (or more) compared
with users of traditional bikes, and so as the
entire eBike market grows, the use of cars for
these shorter journeys should decrease.
While in most circumstances the electrical
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power needed for an eBike is abstracted from
a carbon-heavy national grid, the amount of
power needed is relatively minimal. As a result,
the carbon footprint compared to a fossil fuel, or
even an electric car, is almost negligible. This is
why we believe eBikes have the potential to be a
key tool in a clean and healthy future for us all.
Lithium-Ion batteries are currently the best
battery technology available. But they are not
perfect. There are many serious environmental
consequences in using Lithium-Ion. The mining
is dirty and the lithium is an unsustainable rare
earth mineral, which is toxic to the environment.
It is a matter of time before a cleaner technology
becomes available and we will use that
technology as soon as it is reasonably possible.
To avoid damaging the environment we ask
you dispose of your batteries at a household
recycling centre. The batteries cannot and
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