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Old 07-06-2009, 11:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Shenzhen Songi electric bicycle from China

Just got one. Everything is in Chinese so the instructions and instrumentation aren't helping. It has a remote key fob with several buttons on it. Press 'em and a female voice says things in Chinese. I have no clue what they are but I like it!

Just plugged in the battery pack (pack says 60v while chassis says 48v- upgraded?). It has a direct drive hub motor in the rear wheel. The pedals have one "gear". Charger is supposed to run on 220v but it has a 110v style plug. Am running it through a "foreign power inverter"; inverter takes 110v, converts to 220v, and the charger fits into the inverter. Well, nothing blew up yet but there is one red and one blinking red/green light on it. Am assuming blinking means it's taking a charge and when it turns green it's charged? Eventually want to get/make proper plug to go directly to my 220v service.

Looks kinda like this:



The rear passenger seat/rack and side racks look clever and useful. Gonna hafta fab something like them up for my bicycles and motorcycles!

This is going to be interesting. I'd just recently developed an interest in electric vehicles and decided to start small, fire up the learning curve, maybe progress to cars?


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