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The sophisticated bicycle has attracted fans in Europe and the U.S., but repairs under warranty have bled the company of money.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They wanted to be like Apple and have a closed, proprietary system, but seemed to forget that when you do that, you’ve also got to charge Apple prices to cover all those kind of costs.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only they did charge Apple prices. Their latest model cost about €3500, which (for Dutch standards at least) is insane for an electric city bike.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

It’s insane for a shitty vanmoof. My Batavus e-bike was around that price but it’s a much nicer bike than any vanmoof.