Re: (ET) OT: another small Apollo-era EV (Solo Electra)

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 29 Oct 2023 at 18:14, Darryl McMahon wrote:

> The pedals are functional for moving the bike, not vestigial like most 
> of today's e-bikes.

As they are on all European E-bikes.  

For some reason, EU law requires that the rider pedal for the bike to go.  
There's no speed control; it goes as fast as you pedal.  It's just that 
it's a lot easier to pedal.  I guess you'd say that it's rather like power 
steering on a car.  

All the E-bikes that I've seen so far have had multiple boost levels, 
typically 3 to 5 levels.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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