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Who reported that, a journalist? :D .

But the British don't count in pedelec terms, being only 1.9% of the European market. So battery rental would be predominantly for the other 98%, with Germans and Dutch very strongly represented as they are the bulk of the market. .

Thanks for the link Anotherkiwi. For sales promotion they haven't got their costing right for EV batteries using 18650s, quoting costs as $400 per kW/hr. That would mean a cost for a Nissan Leaf standard battery of £6720, but the retail price of that is under £5000, using what they call high...

They say it's got a range of 60 miles an hour. :D .

But better still would be for e-bike makers to come up with some standardised battery sizes and connections, enabling short term battery rental at one's destination. It would be a nice little earner for local bike shops in cities and holiday locations and increase e-bike sales by widening the...

Technically it's not right, therefore illegal. The DfT calls any button to change the system to an illegal spec an "off-road" button and stresses that they are not permissible and strictly illegal. A strict interpretation of the law could say that the last button pressed to effect the change...

Indeed, our inch system is particularly barmy. 16", 20" and 24" each have two different rim diameter sizes, in the hands of fortune which one gets! And daftest of all is that a 17" wheel uses a larger diameter rim than an 18" wheel. Work that one out! .

The tyre bead seating diameter of the rim in millimetres makes more sense, as shown below. This is the French wheel size system: 26" = 559 mm rim seat diameter (22") 700c = 622 mm rim seat diameter (24.5") 27" = 630 mm rim seat diameter (24.8")* This is independent of tyre height profiles...

I know, but I brought 650b into it since that rim size is becoming increasingly popular as a direct competitor to 29ers and 26". The very small differences in actual wheel diameters makes the whole issue somewhat silly at times, discussion often appearing to represent them as radically...

You're correct Andy, a rating of 1000 watts is not legal in the UK or the EU. The maximum allowed nominal rating is 250 watts. I have no knowledge of the Wing company's bikes .

Di Blasi compact electric trike Try the animation and two videos from the links below the pics, they don't get smaller than this. .

No, we are a long way from that. It's all a bit silly though. The wheel diameter difference between a 700c rim and a 29er's 650b rim when both have the same wide tyre fitted is just 4mm overall. The wheel difference between a 26" wheel's 559 rim and a 29er's 650b rim with the same 2.4" wide...

The limit is a capacity one, 100 Wh, but I think it's per battery and that's how Justin is getting around it. If changed to per passenger, this development will be scuppered. .

They have done but have been too dear over here. Way back in 2003 50cycles imported the Panasonic "Will" folder and the Honda "Step Combo" folder. Both were great and sophisticated lithium batteried designs for back then and would still be modern now, but at around £1250 each 13 years ago, the...

Given the high initial torque from it's 62 bhp motor and the very low car weight, you'd be spending time regularly renewing the single rear tyre! The sport motorcycle brigade would get the blame for the long black streaks on the tarmac though. :D .

Brilliant design as ever from Justin. Given their limited knowledge of the subject, I fear that the airline authorities might react to this development by placing an overall capacity limit per passenger. .

Yes, I think that one will be gone like a shot, as the dealer remarks in his comments, first to see will buy. .

That could be interesting, but the better e-bikes have been using Tesla style battery technology for quite a while now, using large numbers of the best 18650 cells. So they'd be unlikely to bring anything new on the battery side. I'd be interested in their view of e-bike motor systems though. .

But of course also true if the wheels are too small:

The prices get even lower than my local dealer £12500 for a 2015 3000 miler! There's a white 2015 Nissan Leaf Acenta just gone on sale this week at an Oldham dealer with battery definitely owned and only 1670 miles at £10,444. That even includes the £800 Home Charging kit! Here's the link .