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Electric bike batteries: Everything you need to know

E-bike batteries are a little more complicated than the ones in your phone. CNET’s Logan Moy goes over everything he did to prepare the Vintage Electric Tracker and its battery for a lengthy trip to the beach. What I learned from buying and riding my first electric bike: Vintage Electric Tracker: The best electric scooter,…

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E-bike batteries are a little more complicated than the ones in your phone. CNET’s Logan Moy goes over everything he did to prepare the Vintage Electric Tracker and its battery for a lengthy trip to the beach.

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Produced and hosted by: Logan Moy
Camera Assistance from: Jessica Moy
Graphics by: Amy Kim

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65 Comments

  1. GeeksUnited

    June 27, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    🙂

  2. Lucí

    June 27, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    More race mode

  3. Shivansh Gupta

    June 27, 2020 at 12:18 pm

    Wow this bike is dope but I can’t afford it 🥴4000$ I even don’t have 4000 rs

    • I Gonna Be Neenja

      June 27, 2020 at 12:46 pm

      4000 rs?

    • uddhav cota

      June 27, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      @I Gonna Be Neenja 58$

    • Shivansh Gupta

      June 27, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      @I Gonna Be Neenja its indian currency
      And its a small amount of money in india

  4. Boy Aditya

    June 27, 2020 at 12:29 pm

    This bike’s price insult my LCGC car…

    • ELITE RACER45

      June 27, 2020 at 5:30 pm

      Boy Aditya dued i had to look that up to understand what you meant. Lol 😂😂

  5. TBT

    June 27, 2020 at 12:31 pm

    This guy talk too much

    • Logan Moy

      June 27, 2020 at 2:11 pm

      I could just cut together video of me riding e-bikes if you’d like. Would be much easier.

  6. Cửa Ngõ Tây Bắc

    June 27, 2020 at 12:33 pm

    Super like

  7. Junior Thanos

    June 27, 2020 at 12:39 pm

    This was the most anti climatic vid ever. Of course you will make it back home. You can still pedal.

  8. I Gonna Be Neenja

    June 27, 2020 at 12:47 pm

    Those handle bars are soooooo low. Leaning over killing your back. Id raise them super high and install a back rest on a bigger soft seat.

    • Logan Moy

      June 27, 2020 at 2:10 pm

      Agreed. While a fun bike with many great features, it’s not a very comfortable one ergonomically. I was somewhat relieved to send it back after this video.

    • I Gonna Be Neenja

      June 27, 2020 at 3:05 pm

      @Logan Moy lul, oh so your a smart one…. But you don’t have time to alter every ride for the sake of a test ride, makes sense. Im saving up for a back rest for my bike.

    • 9857440878 Himachali boy

      June 28, 2020 at 7:33 am

      Please give me one ecycles

  9. lasarith2

    June 27, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    Would make more sense to use an electric scooter , (moped) then an electric bike .

    • 김도현

      June 27, 2020 at 2:32 pm

      You can pedal it when the battery is low, but yeah that bike is ugly

  10. Danny Danny

    June 27, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    5G’s

  11. Logan Moy

    June 27, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks for watching! What’s the furthest you’ve traveled on a single charge?

    • Dave Thibault

      June 29, 2020 at 12:03 am

      I once did a 40km Round trip on a battery nowhere near as bulky as yours.

  12. mangesh burange

    June 27, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    5000$ 🤣 wah chotu wah

  13. PC Lotion

    June 27, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    I would spend 5k on a motorcycle lol

    • Shaurya Kumar Gautam

      June 27, 2020 at 8:00 pm

      Royal Enfield

  14. falkenberg

    June 27, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    Decent tips and a fun video. 30+ mph is pretty fast.

  15. Kraig Kosier

    June 27, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    I still don’t know anything about batteries!

  16. Nemo Ciau

    June 27, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    You just sound fake AF and overly enthusiastic for no reason. Thanks for the information but dude, calm down, youre trying too hard.

    • Logan Moy

      June 27, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Literally my second or third time hosting, but thanks for the feedback.

    • Adam Ed

      June 27, 2020 at 7:30 pm

      I like his energy!

    • Gerard

      June 28, 2020 at 5:31 pm

      @Logan Moy I thought it was good

  17. Jens Peter Kold

    June 27, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Your position on the bike is terrible, seat is way to low, get help to adjust it.

    • Logan Moy

      June 27, 2020 at 6:56 pm

      I know. Tbh it’s not a very comfortable bike ergonomically. Seat post doesn’t go much higher and doing so is more painful on your wrists. I believe it’s meant to be used with the throttle more.

  18. DJ

    June 27, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    i would rather buy tesla stocks wait for the next battery event. after getting ‘stonked’ i will sell it and buy tesla instead of spending 5k on this thing

    • reversetriangle

      June 28, 2020 at 1:32 pm

      No one is trying to sell to this ebike…

  19. Adam Kendall

    June 27, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    “The friction creates energy that charges the battery.” Um… no, that’s just plain wrong. The energy is created by the electric motor being used in reverse as a generator, and the resistance of the generator brings you to a stop.

    • Logan Moy

      June 27, 2020 at 7:28 pm

      Plain wrong? I disagree. An oversimplification? Definitely, and I learned a valuable lesson about trying to concentrate on too many things at once while making this video. Regardless, it actually has very little benefits to an ebike battery as the weight is a lot lower than in something like a car. Thanks for watching!

    • Adam Kendall

      June 27, 2020 at 11:03 pm

      @Logan Moy Ok yeah, my comment was a little harsh. Sorry. I really am enjoying your series on ebikes. Thank you for making them.

  20. Celestial

    June 27, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    The irony is you should never chance running your battery down completely. 😄

  21. neu3

    June 27, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    How on earth are you guys able to make EVERY video about EVERY subject so cringy?

  22. Jeff

    June 27, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    does the bike pedal like a normal bike if the battery dies? or is there a resistance from the motor?

    • Logan Moy

      June 29, 2020 at 11:44 pm

      You can pedal like a normal bike, but e-bikes are usually heavier because of the battery and extra components so it’s a little more difficult.

  23. Grahamaan27

    June 27, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    this is a dumb video. “hopefully I don’t get stranded with a dead e bike!” wat.

  24. James Perrine

    June 27, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    Why would anyone buy this. Get a real bike with pedals. It’s called exercise. Cardiovascular etc. or get a motorcycle. He’s terrified at going 30+ mph. What a whimp

    • Peb

      June 29, 2020 at 12:14 am

      Exercise is all good, but the ebikes are for transportation. As he showed you, he went 30+ miles. And going 30+ miles an hour on a bicycle is not safe nor feels safe.

    • James Perrine

      July 1, 2020 at 4:55 pm

      Peb. Bikes are for transportation and multiple other uses depending on the type of bike one needs. Why would anyone want to go 30 mph on a bike if the rider is able to do that. Racing bikes maybe.

  25. jeremy beverly

    June 27, 2020 at 11:23 pm

    If you’re not standing there’s no effort

  26. lock Hughes

    June 28, 2020 at 1:55 am

    Hehe… Amusing comments about price (to buy bike)… While local to me bike stores selling electrics, with a thing “good credit rating”… have loan payments about the same as a monthly pass for pubic transit (sp?)… and the bikes have waaay better service… going directly from home to A… then B… etc… w/always a seat free (hehe)… Am pretty sure vehicles like buses and streetcars and subways etc are toast… Get around town now for quicker and cheaper than the trouble and expense of the automobile… [wink]

    • Razib Baral JOY

      June 29, 2020 at 8:28 am

      For riding point A to point B e-bike around 1000-1500$ can easily do the job. You don’t need it.

  27. Basil J

    June 28, 2020 at 2:32 am

    You need to slow down while talking

  28. Thamindu kavinda

    June 28, 2020 at 8:46 am

    Bicycle is so cool

  29. osama jassim

    June 28, 2020 at 1:14 pm

    Very expensive for e bike

  30. aboody 122

    June 28, 2020 at 8:53 pm

    Katwgyy

  31. Greg Steele

    June 28, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    J.F. Murrrphy. $5000 bike doesn’t come with even some cheap suspension forks?

    • Logan Moy

      June 29, 2020 at 7:58 pm

      I wish! It wasn’t the most comfortable ride for the money.

  32. J12 J34

    June 29, 2020 at 12:27 am

    I would buy used leaf for that price.

  33. Razib Baral JOY

    June 29, 2020 at 8:23 am

    Seriously dude, you bought 5k ebike! Never heard of Honda CBR.

    • Logan Moy

      June 29, 2020 at 7:57 pm

      I didn’t buy it. It was loaned to me for this video. Personally, its too pricey for me.

  34. Alex Howard

    June 29, 2020 at 10:12 am

    Logan, what type of helmet are you wearing ?

    • Logan Moy

      June 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm

      It’s a Thousand Heritage Bike Helmet. Was actually considering making a video about helmets. Have any questions about buying them that I can try to answer in it?

  35. Aadavan Elangovan

    June 30, 2020 at 12:36 am

    That bicycle looks so nice…but at the same time, you could just use normal bike with super low gearing and get fit.

    • Logan Moy

      June 30, 2020 at 2:44 pm

      I prefer to go faster for the same effort.

  36. Steve Melnick

    June 30, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    regenerative braking… motor acts as generator using vehicle’s momentum and said generator to put charge back on battery

  37. Deep Sippy

    July 1, 2020 at 2:11 am

    I still have no idea what this is.

  38. Louis Abney

    July 1, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Good God, that awful background music. If it can be called music

  39. Sonnel Andino

    July 1, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    What if you remove the display unit? Can it be done?

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