Getting lower income communities onto e-bikes

We all know e-bikes are increasingly popular - but they're not cheap. Research shows it's financially well-off households which lead the way in e-bike sales. But three pilot programmes have just wrapped up - looking at how to get more communities charged up and onto a bike. Dr Caroline Shaw is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago in Wellington. She joins Jesse to talk about the pilots and economics of it all.