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12 VII User Manual | Pedelec Groove
6.3 Riding your Pedelec efficiently
You can monitor and influence the cost of your journeys
with the Pedelec yourself. You can reduce your consump-
tion and therefore costs by following the tips for achieving
a long range.
The operating costs for battery-operated power assist are
calculated as follows:
• A new battery costs roughly 359 euros.
• You can cover 45 km on average with one battery
charge.
• You can charge the battery roughly 1,100 times.
• 1,100 charging cycles x 45 km = 49,500 km
• 359 euros: 49,500 km = 0.7 euro cents / km
• You use roughly 0.47 kWh to fully charge the bat-
tery. Assuming a unit price of 20 euro cents / kWh,
it costs you 9.4 euro cents to fully charge the bat-
tery.
• It costs you 0.2 euro cents / km to cover the aver-
age range of 45 km.
• This means that the maximum cost of consumption
and the battery is 0.9 euro cents/km.
The sample calculation has been carried out based on Ger-
man energy prices. The operating costs may therefore be
different in locations where other energy prices apply.
7 Battery
Your battery is a lithium cobalt battery, the ideal lithium-
ion (Li-Ion) battery type for this application. One of the
main benefits of this type of battery is its low weight
combined with a high capacity. Li-Ion batteries only weigh
half as much as comparable nickel metal hydride or nick-
el-cadmium batteries. This means you carry less battery
weight and more battery power.
7.1 Straightforward charging
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There is no memory effect. You can therefore fully
recharge your battery after every trip.
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Recharge the battery after every trip. This means
you can set off immediately the next time you use
your bike and you also increase the service life of
the battery.
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If you are not using the battery, you only have to
recharge it after 6 months.
7.2 High degree of safety due to battery
management
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The battery cannot be damaged as a result of a
short-circuit. If this were to happen, the battery
management would switch off the battery.
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You can simply leave the battery standing in the
charger as the device has in-built overcharging
protection.
7.3 Straightforward storage
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If you do not need your battery for a while, store it
at a temperature of +10°C when the battery charge
is between 50 and 75%.
These benefits are available due to highly effective battery
management that has been adapted to this specific appli-
cation and by tuning the battery for operation with a 250
watt motor.