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Yes, absolutely, super interesting. Would it ALSO be a good idea to standardize battery specs? If so, which?

• jacquesm 3y ago
  That's always hard, you don't want to give any manufacturer an edge but at the same time you also don't want to force everybody into buying a new bike. It may be possible to create an adapter that would accept modules for the new system. I'm imagining something like a stack of supersized 'D' cells. Packs would then combine these in the quantity needed to reach the required voltage. Doing that reliably and with very low contact resistance will be a major challenge. The garden and powertools world has a working model for this: https://www.powerforall-alliance.com/en/ https://www.powerforall-alliance.com/en/ With a lot of the major brands already subscribing to the concept that's a really nice move forward, and I'm looking forward to Bosch extending the concept to e-bikes, there really is no reason why they could not. It will make batteries more likely to be stolen though, so that is another angle that will need work.