

The i3 seems to be the only car over a long period of time where BMW actually took a risk and thought outside of the box. I think there is a lot more to this car than meets the eye.

Is that accurate though? Can it be placed in a box like that or is there more to this little EV? They either love the car or simply hate it. The opinions of people on the BMW i3 seem to be very divided. How good of an electric bike is it really?įirst impression: the little 2017 Renault Zoe guillotines the competition Granted, I don’t expect people to use this bike for a daily 40 miles commute each way, but the point was to put the Trek through its paces and see how it would stack up.

Along the 40+ miles I rode on this bike, I encountered backroads, muddy single tracks, gravel roads, bike paths and the busy city streets of Manhattan. For the $4,999.99 that you have to shell out for this bike, you could buy a used car! But let’s not talk money yet, could this bike replace a (preferably electric) car for your daily commute? Is the bike good enough and practical enough to replace the car for your drive to and from the office? I rode the Trek Super Commuter +8S from Croton-on-Hudson, NY to New York City to find out. As far as the price of this bike goes that comparison is a fair one. “Goodbye car,” is what it says on the Trek website and that was our initial question: Can this bike replace a car for a meaningful percentage of commuters?Ĭlearly, Trek is positioning the Trek Super Commuter +8S bicycle as a viable alternative to a car for your daily commute.
