New Cube Fold Hybrid Could Be The Ultimate Commuter E-Bike

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There already are folding e-bikes, and these things cost over $3,000. A perfect commuter e-bike would cost less than a grand.
- Yeah but Cube tho
  
  Are Cube supposed to be good? I've always seen them as a trash budget brand.
"The Cube Fold Hybrid blurs the line between a compact cargo bike and a practical commuter bike." it really looks to be to small to be either.
55 pounds – not exactly lightweight, but still light enough for most able-bodied folks to carry up and down a flight of stairs.
Riiiight. Try lugging 55lbs of awkwardly shaped steel up a narrow staircase. And pray that it's completely clean when you're doing it, and that you aren't carrying anything else with you (a bag, purse, backpack, panniers, etc.)
Folding ebikes are only convenient when they are in storage, not for lugging up stairs.
Who is this for? A $3k bike that I bring with me everywhere - where it could be stolen? I'm American though so bike security and taking bikes on busses/trains is a limited luxury, bike parking is completely nonexistent.

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