Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Apr 3, 2025

I've been saying this for years: ebikes should have USB-C PD ports for charging!

Finally a manufacturer has actually done it. In this case using 140W power delivery, which is way higher power than any ebike charger I've ever used. And USB-C PD now supports up to 240W, which is more than enough for ebikes.

I hope this becomes the norm:

https://www.theverge.com/news/639681/usb-c-charging-e-bike-ampler-nova-specs-price

Finally, an e-bike that charges off USB-C

The Ampler Nova e-bikes can be charged in three hours using a standard 140W USB-C PD 3.1 laptop charger.

The Verge
Show threadLauraApr 3, 2025

@notjustbikes Now i hope one of those wacky inventor Youtubers makes an Adapter to charge an electric car with like 10-15 240W USB-C PD ports.

[No idea how feasible and how car charging actually works, i don't have a license, i just divided 230V×16A by 240W :D since i think they can charge on normal sockets?]

Show threadLauraApr 3, 2025

@notjustbikes Thanks to a mansplainer in my comments who wrongly told me it's impossible to convert DC power to AC i was forced to now read more into the feasibility of such a silly idea.

To anyone reading this, who mistakenly believes i am asking an explanation of basic electronics, please do not engage. Why is social media like this?

[But if anyone with some more in-depth knowledge does the numbers and tells me what it would take and how far off my guesstimate was, i'd be curious to hear it]

Show threadTroubleApr 3, 2025
@codingcatgirl @notjustbikes 1- watts is a unit of power. It can be mechanical (motor), or electrical (DC or ac), or something else. It's just a lossy conversion between them. 2- you can buy DC to AC inverters. (I.e. not an answer, but the keyword to point you in the right direction.) Holler if you want any explanations.
Show threadLauraApr 3, 2025

@trouble @notjustbikes Okay, you really just read the word "mansplainer" and thought "hey, i can do that too!", right?

I literally said: "To anyone reading this, who mistakenly believes i am asking an explanation of basic electronics, please DO NOT ENGAGE"

Show threadTroubleApr 3, 2025
@codingcatgirl @notjustbikes it sounded to me like you wanted to find the answer on your own. I just wanted to point in the right direction, let you do the research on your own.
Show threadLauraApr 3, 2025
@trouble I was asking very explicitely to not engage. Please take a deep look inside yourself and ask yourself why you felt like felt like i needed an explainer about units of power under a post of me specifically being annoyed about people thinking they need to explain basic electronics to me.
Show threadLaura
@trouble Like, come on. Is this a trolling attempt or genuine obliviousness or lack of reading comprehension?
Apr 3, 2025 at 8:19pmWeb
Show threadTroubleApr 3, 2025
@codingcatgirl did you want an answer for the part in square brackets or not? I could provide one, but based on the first half of sounded like you wanted to learn. So... Why was that part in square brackets present?
Show threadLauraApr 3, 2025
@trouble you didn't provide any in-depth knowledge or numbers but a basic hint of surface level information