speedyebikenoob
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Almost two years ago I made this thread: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=98656&p=1444769&hilit=acceleration#p1444769
I answered my own question today though. I raced my e bike with my car today to see if I even had a chance at keeping up. My e bike is a middrive and runs about 4 kw peak now. The car is a 2005 Mini Cooper S with a few mods, so it should be making about 200 hp at the crank.
We did a rolling start from 5 mph so neither of us would have issues with putting the power down. I was pretty surprised the bike could hold its own and stay ahead till 25 mph, even with me having to shift through three gears, and then the car would pull away. We tried three times and it was the same result each time. Both the car and the bike were at wide open throttle.
Here's one of the runs for anyone curious: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t3LCy1L3poJcpGK4xG-5YMyjxkqVlFIH/view?usp=sharing
I answered my own question today though. I raced my e bike with my car today to see if I even had a chance at keeping up. My e bike is a middrive and runs about 4 kw peak now. The car is a 2005 Mini Cooper S with a few mods, so it should be making about 200 hp at the crank.
We did a rolling start from 5 mph so neither of us would have issues with putting the power down. I was pretty surprised the bike could hold its own and stay ahead till 25 mph, even with me having to shift through three gears, and then the car would pull away. We tried three times and it was the same result each time. Both the car and the bike were at wide open throttle.
Here's one of the runs for anyone curious: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t3LCy1L3poJcpGK4xG-5YMyjxkqVlFIH/view?usp=sharing