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Oh yea, in my country, the cargo bike is about 6x-8x more expensive than oldie car

It's something around 5k Euro for a new one and it's not really a car replacement. It's a fancy toy for somewhat rich people who also have a car. Cars just are not allowed to some nice places (like a dedicated cycling path on a dijk) and also are not really fun.

I have seen more cargo bikes with two or three kids in them on some kind of recreational road then I seen parked near grocery store.

For groceries, you just have bike bags. To drops kids at school or daycare, you have kid seats on a normal bicycle (one on a front and one on a back).

A new cargobike (Christianiacycel) costs 1.5k Euro in Denmark, which is certainly not known for being cheap, so unless you buy a crazy luxury cargo bike you can get like 3 of those for < 5k. And probably much cheaper if you go second-hand.

And yes, there's plenty of these on the streets, not only owned by rich people.

Sure, 5k is Urban Arrow which is electric and arguably luxury.

I think the price was for an electric cargo bike.

If you're only looking at premium models, sure. More accessible brands come in less than €5000 for their top end models, with a CVT hub and motor. Standard bakfietsen you wouldn't be afraid to park on a sidewalk are under €2000. Used, they're a fraction of that.

https://www.freewheely.nl/bakfietsen/

Yeah agreed, it's not the best (most egalitarian) solution... limited only to people with plenty of disposable income.

If you're paid 5K for a cargo bike you've been defrauded.

cargo e-bikes (or e-cargo bikes?) are that expensive. Arrow for example is 5-6k

That's a status symbol, not transportation. It's like claiming cars cost $200K because that's what a Lamborghini costs.

1500 to 1750 will get you a very good one, and an even better one if you shop for second hand. A bike that costs 1/3rd of what a car costs is overpriced.

Get a cheap bike (you can literally find one for 50 euro on used sites) and hook up a cargo trailer to it (another 30 euro) and you got yourself a cargo bike.

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