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Selling my car and getting an ebike. First few months were rough because I was used to having a car all the time for twenty years. The gas, insurance, registration and maintenance savings add up quick. My wife and I share a car, but I rarely drive it as I've gotten so used to the ebike now. We live in the suburbs, but are close to the light rail train line and bike paths so it made it relatively easy. Over the course of a year we'd typically spend $4000-$5000 on the second car so not having that is a lot of extra money
I'd like to be able to do that, but I'm not certain how feasible it is for me. What's the weather like in your area, throughout the year? In mine it goes from about about 60 to 90 where I can't imagine wanting to ride my bike at about 90, and arrive not drenched in sweat. How much do you think a person would spend to purchase an Ebike? How many miles do you expect to ride per 10 minutes, if you're trying to get somewhere? Near some places I frequent, there's not good public transit, so if I took it, it would take like 3 times longer than by car. A bike may be nice, but then I'ld probably arrive sweaty and maybe still about 2 times longer than by car (i'm not familiar with expected speed of traveling on a bike).
I would say that 90 F won't be a problem on an ebike, since you can rely a lot on the motor, and you have air flowing all around you. I mostly use a regular bike but then I just bring a spare t-shirt.
I would rather say that I don't like biking when it's below 35 F. Still doable, but not having to deal with that it should be really nice for you :)
Max allowed speed for ebikes on bikelanes varies but should be about 20 mph if you're using only the motor.