New electric ride: UNU Rebell 2

[thomas]

For daily errands, I got an electric scooter. 8000km old, 2kW Bosch rear wheel motor (also available with 3 and 4kW, but I got the cheapest variant), 2 batteries, minor damages, 500€.

I usually keep 1 battery and the charger at home to save weight and volume. If you have to switch the batteries during a ride, you have to stop the vehicle and manually switch the connector.
A battery weights 10kg and has 1.4kWh. Officially 50km range per battery, but that is - as usual - extremely optimistic. Unfortunately range tests will lead to a deep discharge and damage, so I don't plan to test that.
The speedometer is extremely accurate. Indicated 47 is 47 on the GPS too.

I had to replace the front bulb. Not a big deal.
Standard tires are Heidenau K50. Fortunately not from China.

A carrier rack is standard. Very convenient.

[Jan-H]

Na, Thomas, Umwelt freundlich und bequem für die Stadt.
Viel spass mit dem Gefährt.
Jan.

[Victor-San]

that's a good alternative. It looks like copy of the vespa. Very nice. How fast can it go? And how many hours do you need to chaege the batteries? I heard that in Germany the eletricity price is very expensive. In the end, what would it be cheaper... an electrical scooter with a huge eletricity bill or gasoline?

[thomas]

Top speed is 47kph.
Good is the full power from the very beginning, no matter how the weather is. Just 1 second for the boot up sequence and you can go.
Very convenient for short errands and shopping. Also most shops are nearby (1-4km) and a combustion engine wouldn't warm up completely.

1 - 1.5 hours charge (household outlet 230V) from half to full, I didn't stop the time, just looked after 1 hour (not full yet) and 1.5 hours.
We have free charging stations for E-bikes who have just a small removable battery. These are public lockers with an outlet inside each compartment.
With our current standard house electricity (38.83 Cent/kWh) and the ADAC test consumption of 3.4kWh/100km, 100km would cost 1.30€ electric energy. But the biggest cost item for electric vehicles is depreciation of the battery.
I would not have bought it for 2000€. But 500€ is worth a try. Each battery would cost 800€ new.

In general, all energy is expensive. The politicians need money. If everyone drives/rides electric and there is less tax revenue from petrol/diesel/gas/.., the politicians will find other ways to charge. In the same way they also outlawed the E85 and E100 petrol, which was not covered by the standard petrol tax.

[Brute-Force]

What an Uggly Scoot .....

[thomas]

Form follows function. A crate of beer (etc.) fits in the footwell.
Try this with your Runner!

[Heinz]

Handig ding en vast heel goedkoop in gebruik.