DJI ebikes

Nice write-up Sanny. I’d just like to hire one out of curiosity. £6k is out my price range right now.

What’s confusing me is how can this bike be UK legal – the motor is so far above the 250W (continous/nominal) limit of the pedelec requirements?

Gravedigger there all rated over 250w (Bosch 600w, &  Levo Brose 565w for example) but the 250w is an average figure not a max. I cna’t find the info currently but it seemed a pretty convolute calculation.

I have to say I dribbling over the DJi unit, not for it’s max power, but the range it will have in the lower settings & how it will shake up the rest of the market. Just need it fitted to a more substantial frame

Bosch quote that 600W as the max power, or peak, which is always going to be higher than the ‘continuous’ power. They quote 250W for continuous.

DJI say that motor is max 1000 W for 30 seconds, but nominal power is 850 W, which is the same as continuous and far above the 250W legal limit.

I did hear that the testing of the 250 W limit is actually the wrong way round. The requirement is that a bike must maintain 250 W for whatever period of time without overheating.  There doesn’t actually seem to be much stop a manufacturer selling a more powerful bike and it only seems to be an issue if the published/labelled is higher. (someone who knows more will likely correct me on this.)