The Relationship Between Battery Cycle Life and Mileage
A battery can easily outlast the vehicle it is in. Let’s assume you own an electric car. If your car can travel 300 miles per charge and you can recharge it 1000 times, that battery pack will last 300,000 miles. Also, after the 100 cycles, the battery is not dead, it...
An Adventure- The US Pro Challenge Optibike Style
I always love an adventure with my two boys. The arrival of the US Pro Challenge in Boulder on August 25th was to present one of those opportunities. I had never watched a Pro cycling event live, in my life. I had watched the Tour de France on TV, but live was always...Battery Capacity and How it is Measured
As a consumer, the new world of electric vehicles continues to require us to learn a new vocabulary. Last issue, we learned about how volts and amps are like water flow. In this issue we will learn how to determine the size of an Electric vehicle “gas tank”. The...
Optibike Development History
After first investigating hub motors in 1996, Optibike developed this firstmid drive unit 12 years ago in 1997. This unit featured 24 volts with a 15amp -hr lead acid battery and about 350 watts of power. The motor was offboard on the crank axle and drove...