Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum, and a bit new to cycling in general. I was looking at electric bikes, and I found a huge disparity in the advertised range on bikes and I do not know what to make of it. I am based in the UK, and the current UK law is that electric bikes can be up to 250 Wh and go up to 15.5 mph. This is my understanding, is that if they had too much power, they would go into the sphere of motorcycle type of transport.
Anyway, I was looking at Swytch Bike conversion kit which advertises an expected range of 30 miles on its 250 Wh battery: https://prnt.sc/ud8w3r
Then I looked at some of the purpose-built electric bikes from the cheap ones to the well known brands, and they were all quoting really high ranges compared to the Swytch Bikes. For example, the VanMoof S3 electric bike advertises 37-93 miles range (60-150km) with 504 Wh battery capacity. I can see that the Swytch has 250 Wh battery capacity so almost half of the VanMoof, and that is probably the main reason for the extra range. However, what I don't understand is that they are advertising the 504 Wh battery capacity to UK customers with UK prices, but when they sell it, will they be giving the UK customers the 504 Wh battery capacity or limit the battery capacity to 250 Wh?
Does anyone know if the ranges estimated by these companies is accurate or not? And is the range based on no pedalling at all or medium pedalling?
If anyone in the UK has bought a pre-built electric bike, can you let me know if it was restricted to 250 Wh or did you get a much higher capacity (technically illegal) but I have heard that many or some people have them!
Thank you.
I am new to this forum, and a bit new to cycling in general. I was looking at electric bikes, and I found a huge disparity in the advertised range on bikes and I do not know what to make of it. I am based in the UK, and the current UK law is that electric bikes can be up to 250 Wh and go up to 15.5 mph. This is my understanding, is that if they had too much power, they would go into the sphere of motorcycle type of transport.
Anyway, I was looking at Swytch Bike conversion kit which advertises an expected range of 30 miles on its 250 Wh battery: https://prnt.sc/ud8w3r
Then I looked at some of the purpose-built electric bikes from the cheap ones to the well known brands, and they were all quoting really high ranges compared to the Swytch Bikes. For example, the VanMoof S3 electric bike advertises 37-93 miles range (60-150km) with 504 Wh battery capacity. I can see that the Swytch has 250 Wh battery capacity so almost half of the VanMoof, and that is probably the main reason for the extra range. However, what I don't understand is that they are advertising the 504 Wh battery capacity to UK customers with UK prices, but when they sell it, will they be giving the UK customers the 504 Wh battery capacity or limit the battery capacity to 250 Wh?
Does anyone know if the ranges estimated by these companies is accurate or not? And is the range based on no pedalling at all or medium pedalling?
If anyone in the UK has bought a pre-built electric bike, can you let me know if it was restricted to 250 Wh or did you get a much higher capacity (technically illegal) but I have heard that many or some people have them!
Thank you.