Justification for the inclusion of an independent throttle?

[shemozzle999]

The EU recognizes the the benefits of cycling as a means of improving health but doesn't seem to want to accept the consumers point of view to make the electric bicycle available to all but seems only the interests of the manufacturers hold any water in them making their decisions.

I was particularly drawn to this picture on the ECF site:

https://ecf.com/what-we-do/health-and-environment/physical-activity

 

[VictoryV]

I was particularly drawn to this picture on the ECF site:

Just how far you can go on that fat on your bike is amazing: over 5,500 miles to the gallon. I have uploaded the calculation