Disposable e-bikes? The problem with unrepairable batteries

You'd be forgiven for thinking that bicycles are ideal products when it comes to repairability. Unfortunately, it seems, bikes too are a victim of the common trope: they don't make 'em like they used to, write Jean-Pierre Schweitzer and Chloé Mikolajczak. At least this is what a US based campaign claimed last week, as bike mechanics called on manufacturers to stop producing "built to fail... ...