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6. The battery
Technology
Question: What is the brand of the battery?
Answer: The battery is a Panasonic, as is the motor. When it comes to batteries, major new
developments take place every year that result in a continuous increase of the energy content. The
Li-ion Mn battery with which the Easy Glider is fitted is state-of-the-art technology that is applied on a
large scale.
Question: What does Li-ion Mn mean?
Answer: Batteries use metals. Li is the chemical abbreviation for Lithium (an alkali metal). An ion is a
positively charged atom (particle of matter). The charged atoms of the metal Lithium (the ions) store the
battery’s energy. Mn is the chemical abbreviation for the metal Manganese. This metal ensures proper
stability of the battery.
Question: How powerful is the battery?
Answer: The battery capacity is 10 ampere and it has a voltage of 26 V. This means that the battery can
contain 260 Wh of energy when fully charged. At a weight of only 2.4 kilograms (5.3 pounds) this gives a
very high energy density (energy per kilo of battery weight) of 108 Wh/kg.
Question: What is the service life of the battery?
Answer: The battery can completely (100%) discharge about 500 times. At that point, the energy
content declines and the battery can only be charged up to a maximum of 60%. In the case of partial
discharging, only the part that is discharged has to be taken into consideration. For example: if the
battery is always discharged only 25%, it can be charged 2000 times.
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Question: If I haven’t used my bike for more than 2 weeks, my battery no longer responds! Why is that?
Answer: Your battery is equipped with a “sleep” system. If the battery status is below 50% and the
battery is not being used for more than 2 weeks, the “sleep” mode is activated. This “sleep” mode ensures
that your battery won’t run out of power unnecessarily. You can deactivate the “sleep” mode by charging
the battery for about 5 seconds (in the bike or the adapter). If the battery is fully charged, it takes about
3 months before it switches to the “sleep” mode. We advise you to charge the battery once every six
months so that it gets activated regularly.
Various
Question: Is the battery protected against theft?
Answer: The battery is attached to the frame
with a lock. This lock gives the battery a
reasonable level of protection against theft.
However, it cannot prevent theft by brute
force.
Question: Are the bike and/or battery environmentally unfriendly?
Answer: The bike and battery don’t put high demands on the environment. Electricity is a “clean” type of
energy, but just as any other type of energy consumption it taxes the environment. The battery doesn’t
contain harmful chemicals (such as cadmium and lead, for instance) but must be recycled at the end of
its life cycle by bringing it to an official collection point, as is the case with all other batteries.
