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The regs actually changed on 1st Jan 2016 - any bike first sold or made or imported before that date could have a throttle - but there were other regs it had to comply with as wellOlder ebikes can have a throttle. The regs changed around 2013. My Wisper has a twist throttle and was legal at the time of sale (2014) although it will only propel the bike unassisted up to 4 mph by design. Your Dad's Powabike was and is quite legal to use, but it would fall foul of the regs if it was sold today.
The scooter in the ad is just taking the mick, to be honest.
including a max motor power of 200W rather than 250W for current regs
I know this because I also used to have a Powacycle Salisbury. It was nice to have the throttle - but basically the technology was old all over as well as being made to the old regs
I also find that if you have a basic rear hub ebike you can kinda cheat by rotating the pedals slowly with almost no pressure and the motor will cut in because they oftne have a simple rotation sensor and not proper torque sensor. This happened with the old Powacycle - and also works with my wife's folding Carrera ebike - although the Carrera is a bit more difficult to fool it can be don