Yes electric vehicles completely changed the dynamics on bike lanes and pedestrian sidewalks (they drive on sidewalks in many European cities!). The kinetic energy is order of magnitude larger.

10-15 years ago police was stopping me and telling to get off the bicycle while I was driving bicycle carefully 4-5kmh on a pedestrian sidewalk in some major European cities. Now we have >15kg vehicles manoeuvring at >20kmh between pedestrians. The more east and south of Europe, the worse it is.