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by dheera 1610 days ago
> You're never going to guarantee some kind of range on an e-bike. What's the temperature of the battery? Is it mostly uphill or down hill? How much are you going to brake?

Yeah but testing the e-bike on a track and telling the public it has 30 miles of range based on that is disingenuous.

Instead, go to a city with an average amount of hills, stop lights, and cold weather and give in a go, and tell that number to the public. If it beats that, in their actual city they'll only be pleasantly surprised. Right now you strand a shitton of people because they think they have 30 miles.