To clarify why I posted that, I was referring to the mention of the power cutting out suddenly on commercial e-bikes. They only do that because of the regs, and commercial mountain E-bikes do the same thing, because of the same regs. They are not limited by their technical capabilities, just the regs.
Older bikes used the circumference of the wheel and a count of rotations to calculate the speed, so people could de-limit them by changing the stored circumference constant in the eeprom. Modern e-bikes use a combination of sensors at various locations to detect motion, acceleration, pedal force and tilt angles to decide how to apply the power but I think even with those added sensors, the speed is still detected via the wheel rotation sensor.
Seems some people don't like the regulations as the parent comment got downvoted, rest assured I did not single handedly write the global regulations, and I don't like the speed limiter either.
Older bikes used the circumference of the wheel and a count of rotations to calculate the speed, so people could de-limit them by changing the stored circumference constant in the eeprom. Modern e-bikes use a combination of sensors at various locations to detect motion, acceleration, pedal force and tilt angles to decide how to apply the power but I think even with those added sensors, the speed is still detected via the wheel rotation sensor.
Seems some people don't like the regulations as the parent comment got downvoted, rest assured I did not single handedly write the global regulations, and I don't like the speed limiter either.