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Man, when I saw "hack" I thought the Santander bikes are e-bikes, and the hack would be a device that leeches power off their batteries...

• op00to 3y ago
  Same! Like, the bikes are charging via some inductive method, and the battery sucks off that. That’d be cool as hell!
  • doublesocket 3y ago
    They have some sort of battery that powers the lights. I wonder if the dock also charges those?
    • chedabob 3y ago
      They're powered by a dynamo, so probably only have the tiniest of batteries or capacitors necessary to keep the low-power lights on when not moving.
• kioleanu 3y ago
  Nope just a fancier dynamo