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Bosch did it with some success. And Hoover made the C5 recumbent trike. .

Even if you have the 15 Ah battery*, you're only using 6.4 watts of power per mile which is extremely low. Many consider that sort of level as not worth having e-power, perhaps better done with a light, free running unpowered bike at much lower cost and less to go wrong. * If you have the...

The eZee Sprint Primo step-through also has a seat tube allowing for low saddle settings Fiona, you'll find it on this link. There are a number of smaller wheel models specifically designed for shorter people but they are usually too expensive to fit your budget. This Kalkhoff Sahel Compact is...

No cherry for me, here's the link below to the Oxygen e-bike LCD manual. The speed setting is on page 10: Oxygen LCD Manual .

I misunderstood your "where from" Eddie. I see that Americans can now buy them online as Bull research that market. Link to announcement Maybe buy in Germany and catching the Eurostar or ferry back as some have already done? .

Shades of the Zap and the Sinclair Zeta again. :)

They are a respected German make Eddie, here's a link to all their very large range of bikes and e-bikes. .

I think primarily a car subject, particularly since what you propose has much in common with the KERS system in use on Formula 1 race cars. Although the current is generated differently in those, it's subsequent use in conjunction with the ic engine is to increase acceleration, exactly what you...

So much for that advertising slogan: "The future's bright – the future's Orange" .

Yes, definitely Endless Sphere's Large EV section is the place to go. Here's the link. Also makershed.com in the USA have had some EV car projects in the past, though these days they mostly seem to concentrate on smaller stuff. .

I think the way things are with the law and the fact that we won't get any method of throttle-pedelec type approval before January 2018, any new pedelec or kit bike put into use meanwhile is likely to be treated as having grandfather rights. The almost invisible law enforcement on this issue...

Not quite accurate, the DfT advice is the same as that quoted by another kiwi above from EN15194, 15.5 mph with 10% tolerance. That means the maximum permissible assist speed is 17.05 mph, effectively just 17 mph. And of course this is a tolerance, meaning one can buy a legally supplied...

It cannot be a legal pedelec once the LCD is set to an assist speed over 15.5 mph. The DfT use the term "off-road" for any switching arrangement that permits higher speeds and this is what they say, again copied and pasted: "Off Road" Assistance We are aware of some electric cycles that have...

The manufacturers and suppliers seem to regard this as legal since it's set at 15.5 mph when supplied. However, it's very questionable if it is when it's under the control of the rider. The legality of this arrangement is immaterial though, once the LCD is changed to an illegal speed, the...

Grandfather rights was an expression coined by the DfT to describe this circumstance. :) Even more inaccurate for female riders! .

The 250 watt continuous power rating is a nominal one to satisfy the law Chris. In practice most e-bikes develop up to 400 to 500 plus watts of peak power. To comply with the law it's just necessary to buy an e-bike or kit rated at 250 watts which is incapable of assisting with power at over...

Yes it is, it has "grandfather rights", since although the pedelec only law came into effect 6th April 2015, a period of grace was allowed to sell existing stocks. It can continue in legal use for life. .

You can't at present, as you were told, there's only the unsuitable motor vehicle classes. It's intended that the class for type approving throttle equipped pedelecs will be in place for January 2018. Meanwhile existing throttle equipped bikes bought from January 2016 to that intended date...

The EU law is too old for that to be a cause, it followed Japanese law. When the EU laws were introduced there were no e-bike makers in Germany, just one motor producer. The Chinese had little representation either, the dominant influences were the Japanese pedelecs, particularly Yamaha and...

I don't think this is completely true though. Back in the 1999 to 2003 period when the various laws affecting EU pedelecs were effected, the dominant cycling nation was undoubtedly The Netherlands. The EU Commission would certainly have had them prominently in mind and I'm sure the Dutch were...