I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike!

JWcph, Radicalized By Decency

@n4ch1sm0 Same - I was cackling loudly over my morning coffee

Dag Ågren ↙︎↙︎↙︎

@mattgrayyes You can actually buy converters from charging connector to normal wall socket. I bought one for this exact purpose! Not as fancily integrated, but, a good option for sane people.

gabboman the wafrn dev

FINALY PORTABLE TEA MACHINE

Matt Gray

@mattgrayyes

marcus

@mattgrayyes Personally I'd settle for more/all e-bike models to be able to being charged via USB-C PD, which allows for 240 W for quite a while now. Just to get away from these awful, heavy, and vendor-specific charging bricks.

Effken

@mattgrayyes love it.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you survived

Paul

@mattgrayyes Love the positivity in this video, not just in the solution but the joy of making. Really brightened up my day.

(and yes, nobody wants surprise live mains.)

Thank you for making and sharing.

Terminal Tilt

@mattgrayyes

Great video! While I don't live in a place that this would work (semi-rural US), I am fascinated by the tech and the idea of it.

I subbed.

Rue Mohr

@mattgrayyes When I was diffing into the signalling on car chargers (cause WTF are they so expensive!?) I realized the basic handshake it pretty easy. cool project!

ken Tucky Swinson

@mattgrayyes so inspiring! Love your positive energy! Thanks for sharing!

Matt Steele

@mattgrayyes this was so great! I loved the @TechConnectify callout, and also I am so glad you used the DC fast chargers as a prop and not an actual power source

Final Round Player 😷🇪🇺🍸

@mattgrayyes This is the kind of problem, the EU is really good at. Legal E-Bikes should have a standard charge connector (SCC) (USB-C). The market should compete to make the smallest charger for this standard, mains electricity socket to SCC. Cafes, service stations, car charger companies, trains should compete to implement the standard so all the rider has to carry is a cable.

Simon Hewison

@diffrentcolours @mattgrayyes no there is not. When I first got my ebike in 2009, the charger was rather massive. That charger eventually failed and the official replacement was considerably smaller and gained an IEC input. That made it easier to carry around. A detachable battery pack helps too. It still charges just as slow as ever, but was great when I was commuting 1h20 each end of the day.

Marianne

@Remittancegirl @mattgrayyes I sing with Matt and can confirm! A joy to be around