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Hopefully eBikes/scooters will start to standardize their charging interfaces. If I am not mistaken the new USB-C PD standard can pump out 240W(48V) and the ol

Hopefully eBikes/scooters will start to standardize their charging interfaces. If I am not mistaken the new USB-C PD standard can pump out 240W(48V) and the older PD standard can do 100W(20V). I think that would be the most obvious solution, and with the new USB PD standard going up to 48v, that would cover most models without any extra voltage regulation circuitry. I semi recently moved from small town Canada to big city Europe and decided to go car free and just use an electric scooter. If I could plug it in (and not have to lug around a charger) and lock it up somewhere, that would be amazing. I get about 15k-20km per charge, which is more or less perfect since I can go anywhere in the city and back home, but it would be nice to top up on some occasions.

pastage 4y ago
Yes top up charging would be great! I frequently do 90km runs on my ebike and it would be great not having to worry. Also it would make it easier for me to loiter in shopping areas and such. I believe 240W charge is too little considering the motor usually draws atleast that. I have always thought high speed charge should be thing.
- gorbypark 4y ago
  Yeah, the higher the speed the better! My current scooter (Xiaomi M365 Pro 2) only charges at 80 watts, though. The charger is rated for 42V output, which I believe means it's a 36V battery. I'm not very knowledgeable on the eBike side of things but a quick look at Bosch's site shows they seem to do 4A or 6A "fast" charging on their 36V batteries. 424=168 or 426=252Watts, so it seems like PD 3.1 could charge at regular speeds and at about 90% of fast charge speeds. Not bad, really!