Comment by jacquesm
4 years ago
I'm sure there are other e-bikes, but those are not available where I live. The fastest here are the Stromers, they are a little bit faster but not exceptionally so and they also cut out at 45 kph, just like mine.
At a guess your bike outputs more power than is legal here.
>At a guess your bike outputs more power than is legal here.
From a brief look - no. Belgium says "4000 W 45 km/h limited "speed pedelecs", which are classed as mopeds for all requirements."
Mine has a 750W nominal motor, but seems to output around 1050W at peak.
4000 W? That sounds a little excessive :)
A typical s-pedelec is somewhere between 350 and 750 W nominal and with peaks of maybe twice that.
Yeah it's totally excessive, lol. That's just what wikipedia says about your country's laws. No idea if it's accurate, haha.
Anything over 45kph or 750W is illegal unless registered as a moped in California at least (and much of the rest of the US as well). Enforcement is lax in most places though.