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For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower

In the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch.

A pretty normal scene, except for the setting: the office of Guajira, the start-up that gave Maldonado a loan for an e-bike that has fueled his work as a delivery worker. Courtesy of GuajiraRiding an e-bike instead of a regular bike has multiple benefits for delivery drivers (and the planet): They can ride faster, which translates into more orders, which means more money. Join Rosales is quick to add that the benefits go beyond the material ones: At a Nippy center, workers can find community: “Maybe we are not from the same place, but we already have something in common.” People meet there, she says, and end up becoming friends.

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