New Tesla ebike battery option

[SCbiker]

http://www.bike-eu.com/sales-trends...s-new-technology-to-e-bike-batteries-10127994

 

[opimax]

buy 1 that says it will be compatible, another year without riding??? no way!

 

[Over50]

Smaller, lighter, more powerful. Looks like I'm putting my e-MTB purchase off for another year.

The tech is changing so fast in another year you might say the same thing given the next year's promises. I say a miss a year of riding? No way!

As for me, I'd like to see the weight come down as the range and reliability increase (with obviously some limitations).

I thought I had read somewhere back when I first started my research that Stromer batteries are made by Tesla? Is that incorrect?

 

[SCbiker]

The tech is changing so fast in another year you might say the same thing given the next year's promises. I say a miss a year of riding? No way!




how true ... buy anything electronic / tech and its a dinosaur 6mo. later. Buy a bike with good bones and great components and if / when it needs a new battery and or drive components change em out ,,, ive been riding / updating a mtn bike for over a decade ... the 29s have come along but the bones on my ol bike are still solid.

Ride on !

 

[MLB]

Yang says, “Smaller batteries offering 1,500 to 2,000 charging cycles as well as 700Wh will be the new standard in 2018.”​

Smaller, lighter, more powerful. Looks like I'm putting my e-MTB purchase off for another year.

That's crazy talk. I've had them for 4 years now and wouldn't give a minute back. Wait a year? No way!

 

[George S.]

Here's what Musk and Tesla are saying. The new cell has twice the capacity and they claim it costs less. They say the cost for a kWh, just for the cells, is around $100. For something like an ebike, the battery cost is becoming trivial, but you have to wait for the technology to move into the general marketplace.

I wouldn't wait. I've decided to push my packs pretty hard because I don't think these packs will be worth much in 18 months, anyway.

 

[RCM]

An e-MTB wouldn't move the needle one way or the other.

If your other ebikes are not MTBs, I'd definitely argue that an e-MTB would move the needle in a big way. Just sayin'.

 

[JohnT]

I think I read somewhere that a Tesla gigafactory will start producing these in a couple months or so! We'll just have to wait and see how long it'll take to trickle down to ebikes.