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Bosch manager in interview: eBike over-motorization is a risk to our business, because eBikes with more than 800 Watt power will lead to much stricter regulations (www.heise.de)
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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And I forgot to say, all these safety regulations are written in blood.

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Blood because roads and footpaths have been designed for cars only

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Does that mean you would agree without any hesitation if the regulation come from Netherlands?

[–] inktvip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Netherlands already has quite strict rules around e-bikes and is looking into tightening things even more as there’s a rise in e-bike accidents. Currently it’s no support above 25km/h, no throttle, <250W.

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the EU regulation, so not only the Netherlands.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

And I think it's pretty sensible. 25km/h without much effort is pretty fast, 250w isn't peak so these bikes are crazy strong. Now if you get a hub motor, these have less torque when starting from still stand. But for example with a bosch motor in the middle you can have the torque in the same gear that you would start from a still stand anyways.