Every mile you ride a bike instead of driving a car is a mile that you don't have to pay for gas to travel. It's that simple. Doesn't work for everyone because some places are actually hostile to cyclists and are built exclusively for cars. But I used to ride a scooter on the highway 10 miles to get to work of the 5 times I've been hit by something, only one of them was on the dangerous part of the commute.

Still kicking ass carfree and laughing at the people who spend half their paychecks on gas and car payments and insurance and mechanic bills and toll bills and you get the idea.

The answer is obviously “yes.”

"Can a vehicle that doesn't use gasoline as its propellant save you money on gasoline by not requiring you to buy gasoline?"

My god, its like we are accelerating towards a singularity of pure stupidity

I understand that isn't possible for everyone and/or everywhere, but the biggest saving is not even having a car in the first place. Not just the actual price of the car (and it's depreciation), but the monthly/yearly costs associated with owning one. Insurance, taxes, maintenance and possibly repairs.

It has been a very long time since I actually owned one, but at least here (EU) it can easily be like 150€ a month and you haven't even driven a single kilometer. I'm pretty sure it's physically impossible for me to use up 150€ in electricity with an eBike in a month, and there isn't even any fuel accounted for.

Keep in mind that the $17 figure is not per month. That is

So in this example, the fuel savings alone are about $500 (€430) annually.

Glad to see the article is not AI generated?

Sorry, but can someone point out why this isn't the dumbest most obvious article I've ever read?

Obviously? Who is dumb enough to think that is a question to ask.

"How much am I likely to save by riding a bike" might be a better question to go for. For me, just as an alternative to the bus it's about £120 a month saved. Or enough to buy a couple of replacement bikes a year.

Depends entirely on how much you ride it...

6400km this year? Hmmmm. If I ride to work at least 300 days this year, that would rack up ~2700km. That's a 10min commute. I would have to go absolutely everywhere to hit that number.

Yes, I haven't bought gas in weeks! My tank is still full.

That's a terrible title given Bettetidge's Law but at least the answer here is very obviously gonna be "it depends"

Duh