Farfle
100 kW
durp, accidentally copypasted the "mph" into the last entry .
Kurt said:Most e bikes particularly hub motor driven that can do 80 - 100kmh have 80 - 100A or more of controller and 100v or more of battery. So if a car can hold 60mph on 15kw why are we pumping 10kw into our bikes to come close to the same thing. The only thing I can think of is we are pumping 10kw and receive 5kw or less at the wheel ?
Kurt
dogman said:Some cars likely have less drag than a bike rider sitting up, coat a flapping.
But on the bike, 10 kw is not their wattage while cruising. 40 mph can take only about 2kw ( for sure less than 3kw) to maintain. Dunno about much faster. 47 mph breifly is my personal best, and I don't recall looking at the CA at that moment.