E-Bikes Are Booming — But Can North Carolina Catch Up with Regulation?
E-bikes are everywhere—coasting through greenways, cruising beach towns, zipping alongside traffic. But in North Carolina, where their popularity is rising fast, the rules haven’t quite kept up. Now, a bill introduced by Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover) is stirring the pot. It proposes a statewide system to classify e-bikes and gives local governments new powers…
