Not good for the environment though compared to a normal bike
Very true, which is why I don’t have one. I’m just making the argument that an ebike is better for the environment than a hybrid car, if you used one as you main motorized transport.
I once idly thought about doing a DIY electric conversion on an old car. As I priced up the batteries, I mentally made the car lighter and smaller until I realized I could save a lot of weight by removing some of the wheels. It didn’t take much more to realize someone had already done this, in the form of an ebike. Then I remembered I hate ebikes and should pedal more.