I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike!

[alda@topspicy.social]

@theresnotime @mattgrayyes Woah. Imagine a liquid cooled high current USB-C.

[cthon1c@kolektiva.social]

@mattgrayyes infectious joy in making stuff, no notes

[nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt]

@mattgrayyes That is MUCH fancier than the Mennekes to Schuko adapter I had for my Renault Twizy!

Also, now we need e-bikes capable of "fast charging". Not 400/800V DC fast charging (though that would be hilarious), but capable of pulling like 1kWh from the power line to top up the battery much faster.

Of course then you'd also need to be able to cool down the battery, and something tells me air or water-cooled batteries on an e-bike might be *a tad* of scope creep...

[csolisr@hub.azkware.net]

And of course it involves a custom circuit board. Companies like PCBWay and JLCPCB have made custom circuitry far easier than before, but I wonder what might happen when those shut down with no replacement.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@mattgrayyes I loved the kettle test

[michddev@mastodon.social]

@csolisr There are loads of prototype PCB fab places out there but certainly not all of them are quire so affordable - https://pcbshopper.com/

[thedonsielass@mas.to]

@mattgrayyes Now I just need a hack to make me less terrified to cycle in the city!

But seriously, this is cool and an especially helpful idea for people who don't want to have to spend £4k just to get a bike with biggest possible range. That's why -- as you say -- we need the infrastructure

[diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt]

@mattgrayyes The image of the Dutch bike chargers looks like they have a cable rather than a socket. Is there a standard socket on ebikes to receive charging?

[n4ch1sm0@mastodon.social]

@jwcph That moment in the video legitimately had me cracking up!

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@n4ch1sm0 Same - I was cackling loudly over my morning coffee