Oct 5, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
An e-bike battery is sold on three numbers: voltage (V), amp-hours (Ah) and watt-hours (Wh). Multiply the first two to get the third — a 48-volt, 14-amp-hour pack holds 672 watt-hours — and watt-hours is the one that predicts how far you will ride. The number that...
Aug 16, 2026 | e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
DJI spent twenty years making the numbers on a drone box mean something, and then went into bicycles. Amflow’s 2026 range is three models deep now — the original PL, and the PX and PR launched in April — and the numbers on the box are extraordinary: 150 Nm of...
Aug 15, 2026 | e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
The derailleur has survived every attempt to replace it for a hundred years, and it has survived for a good reason: a bent piece of aluminium hanging off the back of a bike is lighter, cheaper and more efficient than anything else that changes gear. Hub gears lost on...
Aug 15, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
A Porsche Taycan Turbo S carries its energy at about 148 watt-hours per kilogram of battery pack. A Tesla Model 3 manages 171. The e-bike battery Gobao plans to sell in 2027 claims 243. The bicycle wins, and not narrowly. It is not because the bicycle has better cells...
Aug 15, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
Gobao brought a drive unit to Eurobike 2026 that deletes the derailleur, and — unusually for this category — brought the whole specification sheet with it. The X1P makes a claimed 150 Nm and 1,500 W peak from a 3.85 kg unit with a stepless 500% gear range, and it is...
Aug 15, 2026 | e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
Avinox brought a motor with a gearbox inside it to Eurobike 2026 and told the world almost nothing about it. No torque figure. No power figure. No weight. No price. No date beyond a confirmation that it will not be sold in 2026. What it did publish is a gear range —...
