When Skye Hermans approached her parents last month about buying an e-bike, it sparked a week-long discussion: Was this 12-year-old ready to switch from a mountain bike to a motorized bike?
Some of Skye’s friends have e-bikes and he wants to follow them on the rides. He researched how fast different e-bikes go, how long they take to recharge and how far he can go on battery power. Jenna and Kyle Hermans, who run a business consulting firm in San Anselmo, Calif., began conducting their own due diligence. The more they learned, the more questions they asked.