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  "description": "Online mega-retailer Amazon announced it will stop selling in the important California market a range of high-speed two-wheel vehicles commonly marketed as e-bikes after a series of high-profile fatal and injury crashes and an April warning from the state's attorney general.\n\nAs numerous media outlets reported today, Amazon said it is in the process of delisting products that don't comply with California law on light electric vehicles. Those laws restrict e-bikes to pedal-assist up to 28 mph or ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T16:32:26.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Online mega-retailer Amazon announced it will stop selling in the important California market a range of high-speed two-wheel vehicles commonly marketed as e-bikes after a series of high-profile fatal and injury crashes and an April warning from the state's attorney general.\n\nAs numerous media outlets reported today, Amazon said it is in the process of delisting products that don't comply with California law on light electric vehicles. Those laws restrict e-bikes to pedal-assist up to 28 mph or throttle-assist to 20 mph. Amazon was routinely selling products marketed as e-bikes that exceeded those ranges, with television station KRCA finding vehicles marketed as e-bikes that achieved throttle-assist speeds up to 40 mph. These products, under California law, are classified as e-motorcycles and have an age limit of 16 and a licensing requirement to operate.\n\nThe move is significant because of California's size and importance to the US economy and regulatory environment. If considered on its own, California would be the sixth-largest economy in the world by GDP, and the state regularly leads the US in regulatory practices on product safety and the environment, sometimes setting a de facto national standard as companies opt to simply make all products California-compliant rather than make different versions. Amazon's policy, for now, applies only to California but other states have similar legal frameworks.",
  "title": "Amazon will halt sale of certain e-motos in California",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-14T16:32:27.740Z"
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