I was just curious where these packs came from, so I did some sleuthing and thought I'd pass the info on.
These are surplus from Wheels Model 2.0 micromobility bikes: https://takewheels.com/ .
The Wheels bikes are based on the iWalk Urban-2 scooter: https://i-walk.co.uk/product/urban-2-foldable-electric-scooter . You can see one of these batteries being replaced at this point in an iWalk product video: https://youtu.be/O5Pk3ryFgv8?t=102 .
Wheels raised nearly $100m in venture funding and expanded into several cities, but started struggling early this year and had to scale back staff and territory: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21156160/wheels-layoffs-ebike-electric-bike-dockless-micromobility .
The model of the battery itself is LN-AWK-07 manufactured by Shenzhen Nalon Battery Company. Google "ln-awk-07" to see ads for these all over the country, ranging from $50 to $180 per pack.
This is better news than I had anticipated. The fact that they seem to be trickling out via grey market channels had me thinking they might be recalls from a battery fire. More likely, Wheels is doing it this way to avoid anyone being able to count how many bikes they're decommissioning.
These are surplus from Wheels Model 2.0 micromobility bikes: https://takewheels.com/ .
The Wheels bikes are based on the iWalk Urban-2 scooter: https://i-walk.co.uk/product/urban-2-foldable-electric-scooter . You can see one of these batteries being replaced at this point in an iWalk product video: https://youtu.be/O5Pk3ryFgv8?t=102 .
Wheels raised nearly $100m in venture funding and expanded into several cities, but started struggling early this year and had to scale back staff and territory: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21156160/wheels-layoffs-ebike-electric-bike-dockless-micromobility .
The model of the battery itself is LN-AWK-07 manufactured by Shenzhen Nalon Battery Company. Google "ln-awk-07" to see ads for these all over the country, ranging from $50 to $180 per pack.
This is better news than I had anticipated. The fact that they seem to be trickling out via grey market channels had me thinking they might be recalls from a battery fire. More likely, Wheels is doing it this way to avoid anyone being able to count how many bikes they're decommissioning.