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It's in forces where e-bikes have been adopted or tried that the traffic officers often know the law on pedelecs. Both Essex and the City of London police forces have trialled them. Amusingly most forces trialled the usual 250 watt bikes or even bought them in the years before 6th April 2015...

Sort of in the UK. When the latest amended regulations were introduced which banned throttles, the DfT announced that they'd introduce a type approval class for throttle equipped pedelecs from January 1st 2018. I knew at the time they couldn't legally do that and said as much, and sure enough...

Southampton University, who were also engaged in many aspects of mechanical engineering and related ergonomics at one time, is also deeply into MEMS now, particularly Memristors. They still do a lot of engineering research though. Link I suppose there's what is called a vicious circle now, not...

Nonetheless, no 48 volt e-biker will ever be successfully prosecuted, the authorities clearly happy with the situation as it stands with the stated voltage accepted. Catching someone will be difficult with half the running time under 48 volts. And the 250 watt power limit is also on safety...

That same wording "up to and including" is used in the law for 250 watts maximum. So this again is not relevant, "up to" applies to the manufacturer's stated voltage, just as the maximum permitted 250 watts applies to the stated power only. That is how the EN151954 standard operates and how...

That's a common misunderstanding, just like that of the police officer. It's the nominal voltage that applies in law, so a nominal 48 volt battery is permissible. They are on the EU market after all and have been for some while. It's the same as the power position, nominal 250 watts legal...

No, and I should be around to say I told you so. Level 4 restricted to very few locations rather later than that perhaps. Even then they'll often be a considerable nuisance to the great majority still driving their cars due to the unexpected things they'll do from time to time. I think level...

And there's another crunch, as better brains than mine have observed, we haven't even begun to create intelligence yet. So called artificial intelligence is nothing of the sort, it's simply better and better calculators. Determining whether to brake or not for the object passing in front in...

They're just waking up to the fact that despite all their mud slinging, Corbyn is still a real threat. So showing that is now a better tactic to alert their true blue readers to the danger if they become complacent. .

Indeed, science tells us that we all came from Africa seeking a better life, making opposition to what is happening now somewhat irrational. .

Making driverless even more impossible! Even now they are suffering from false detections. Once full reliable detection for all circumstances is achieved, the cars will be paralysed by false detections. .

It is an EU importing measure, but of course we are facing at least a couple of years transition from next year when the rules still apply. So we'll be affected in the home market for a long time too if buying Chinese. Also some of our companies sell in the EU. Wisper for example, so origin...

Pumpkins. They are North American in origin. Of course the true original brown skinned Americans had loads of original things, like totem poles and tepees. But they then suffered from uncontrolled immigration of economic migrants coming across the sea, seeking a better life. ;) .

Yes of course, if limited, but many hub motor bikes are not like that. My legal one at 36 volts nominal is only limited by voltage. When first charged it runs to 17 mph but by end of charge it's around 14 mph. It has a very high current controller so will easily run to a third faster with 48...

Nissan's top Leaf model has self drive cameras, radar and sonar, the full monty. This is what they say about usage: It is dependent on adequate road marking lines. In bright sunshine at some angles it cannot see the lines. Bright sunshine on a shiny vehicle can mean it's not detected. (It...

Yes, motor speed is directly related to voltage. Double the voltage and the motor will double it's rotation speed. Of course the controller components must be adequately rated, but most 36 volt ones wil take 48 volts. The speed gain can be limited by power, so the gain isn't always pro rata. .

He was wrong, that isn't true, 48 volts is perfectly legal and there are entirely legal models with that voltage. But if one puts a 48 volt battery onto a 36 volt bike or kit, that makes it go a third faster and so it becomes illegal. That's probably what he has misinterpreted. .

We are big enough to have a domestic bicycle, bicycle component and e-bike industry though, if we all cycled to some extent, so becoming customers for the product. We have nearly four times the population of The Netherlands which is the base for the two big European cycle groups, Accell and Pon...

Indeed, and why the model I'm buying is one away from the top of the range without most of that useless nonsense. It does still have the pedestrian detection though, so will probably emergency brake for a plastic bag or similar blowing across the road and maybe cause someone to slam into the...

Those in spacecraft or very low stressed, being seven times the capacity needed in order to make them last ten years minimum with at least 3700 daily charges. They have charge cutoff far below truly full and only discharge a fraction of their content between daily solar charges. It's lithium...