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  1. flecc

    Problem with the window looking out at my ebike ;)

    They won't wipe it, all posted traffic is good. But don't forget we have a forum for any off mainstream subject: The Charging Post, for General...
  2. flecc

    Private E-Scooters to become legal in Ireland from Monday

    The Republic of Ireland, the South. As an EU member they are clearly following the rest of the EU. It's unlikely Stormont will make a decision for the North before our British e-scooter trial is concluded. .
  3. flecc

    looking for one that will get me up the hill

    What, no more royal pumpkins? No more gourds of any sort? .
  4. flecc

    DFT consultation on increase of 250W limit to 500W

    They know of course, this is just anti EAPC propaganda from the M/C trade of the same kind that infects every consultation on two wheeler regulation. Their opposition is why we don't have throttles. However, their recommendation that government should look at the whole area of low powered...
  5. flecc

    DFT consultation on increase of 250W limit to 500W

    A very firm thumbs down then, with some very sensible advice to the government. .
  6. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    We'll see what the insurance companies and the Courts have to say about that. .
  7. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    That avoids the real position that I stated, too many jobs for the people available to do them. So many jobs in fact that many people are doing two or more jobs to survive yet still there's a surplus of jobs. .
  8. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    It will never happen, we've been through all this before, well over seventy years ago and probably before your time. Then back in the 1950s we were told that automation would rob us of all our jobs so similar would happen. The opposite has happened, we haven't enough people to do all the jobs...
  9. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    And BYD are likely to be the most guilty. Risk takers like Tesla, they were the first Chinese company to enter the e-car market , starting with a hybrid that was a blatant rip off on the Chevrolet Volt. That suffered many early problems as did some following fully battery models, but over...
  10. flecc

    Private E-Scooters to become legal in Ireland from Monday

    Thanks, so not "all public places". .
  11. flecc

    Private E-Scooters to become legal in Ireland from Monday

    "Legal in public places", so it looks like they will be able to be used on pavements as in the rest of the EU, except Paris where the sensible city authority has banned them altogether now. Here pavement riding won't be possible as the law stands, since e-scooters at present are motor vehicles...
  12. flecc

    Private E-Scooters to become legal in Ireland from Monday

    Basically like those in other EU countries, with 20 kph (12.5mph) speed limit. The UK government, when introducing the trial, said they favoured doing the same if legalising them here. .
  13. flecc

    Street legal?

    No motor vehicle requirements are necessary to have a throttle on a legal pedelec, almost any of them qualify if taken through single vehicle approval at an authorised testing station. There's a £55 fee for doing that, plus the hassle of getting the pedelec to one of the small number of...
  14. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    Agreed Nissan are petty minded and stupid but why care? There will be batteries and spares for the huge number of Leafs for very many years. The fact is that all the Stellantis brands, Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot, Citroen, DS have joined the party too late and have almost no e-car knowledge...
  15. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    Foolish. If he'd bought the well proven Nissan Leaf or France's own Renault Zoe instead, he could have looked forward to many years of entirely trouble free e-motoring, like the entirely fault free over six years I have been enjoying with my Leaf so far. .
  16. flecc

    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    Vauxhall dealership. Vauxhall, infamous for two decades of their Zafira model i.c. people carriers going up in flames, despite several recalls supposed to cure the problem. .
  17. flecc

    a question on walk mode

    Don't worry, print out the following guidance on "Grandfather Rights" for EAPCs prior to January 2016, given by gov.uk with the link it is from and carry a copy on each bike, showing it to anyone authorised to challenge you: Power assistance - “Twist and Go” Because of the particular...
  18. flecc

    The latest threat on the road

    Just saw this parked up. Hope he doesn't add another trophy image every time he runs over one
  19. flecc

    48V Battery

    It's 50 volts, so technically a fully charge battery will exceed that. That is why some companies use an in between voltage, 43 volts in Wisper's case. But I think its worrying about nothing. The moment an EAPC comes under load the overvolts will disappear, returning when slacking off, so the...
  20. flecc

    48V Battery

    The law doesn't limit capacity, only the weight your bike can comfortably carry and your wallet do that. .