Yeah I've been following that on and off. What is it, about $700 as an add-on?
Living in Toronto and being inundated with e-bikes, I've grown tired of powered 'bicycles' roaming my streets with lights, turn signals and typically DUI convicted criminals riding them. No license, no insurance, no training and a complete and utter disregard for anything resembling rules of the road.
I strongly believe that every cyclist who rides on a public road with a speed limit exceeding the 30KM/hr or so max rate of speed these e-bikes are allowed to travel should be licensed and insured. They should have to go through the same exact licensing process as a car driver or motorcycle rider. Whether your bicycle is human or electrically powered you should require a license to ride on anything other than a side-road residential street.
Until North America either catches up to Europe with its mutual respect between car, motorcycle and bicycle riders or devolves to the same state as China, India, take-your-pick South America with their totally you're on your own, no holds barred approach to traffic, we need people on our roads to be licensed and insured to equal degrees regardless of what vehicle you're in or on.