When I bought my last ebike in 2019, I wanted to get a model from USA that isn't sold here in Japan. Ignoring for the moment the regulatory stuff, I found that anyway the battery for ebikes was too big to take on an airplane myself, and too big for FedEx/DHL/etc to ship to Japan from USA.
I would have had to arrange my own boat shipping, which seemed like it was going to be too expensive, in addition to being to complicated to deal with while on vacation.
AFACT in a quick search, Bosch doesn't sell their ebike stuff here, but there are tons of Bafang motors and batteries readily available. Very interesting!
Bafang is even more popular than Bosch in the Netherlands. Many popular brands like VanMoof and Veloretti prefer them due to lower prices, more power and better repairability.
veidr|2 years ago
When I bought my last ebike in 2019, I wanted to get a model from USA that isn't sold here in Japan. Ignoring for the moment the regulatory stuff, I found that anyway the battery for ebikes was too big to take on an airplane myself, and too big for FedEx/DHL/etc to ship to Japan from USA.
I would have had to arrange my own boat shipping, which seemed like it was going to be too expensive, in addition to being to complicated to deal with while on vacation.
AFACT in a quick search, Bosch doesn't sell their ebike stuff here, but there are tons of Bafang motors and batteries readily available. Very interesting!
achikin|2 years ago