I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike!

[caravantraveller@social.cologne]

@mattgrayyes

By far not the first. Rene Kreher from Leipzig has done this for at least three years.

[slothrop@chaos.social]

@mattgrayyes Amazing 🤯🤯🤯

Now what if I just plug my smartwatch into this Tesla supercharger right here… 🫣🫠

[jbond@mastodon.social]

@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.

[zymurgic@mastodon.online]

@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.

[remittancegirl@mstdn.social]

@mattgrayyes Not only must I follow you for this brilliance, but also because your wheezy laugh is incredibly infectious!

[noodlemaz@mstdn.games]

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

[remittancegirl@mstdn.social]

@noodlemaz I kind of got the sense that this was the case! @mattgrayyes

[wonka@chaos.social]

@mschomm The first 240W capable charger I saw is still quite a brick though.

@mattgrayyes

[elexia@catcatnya.com]

@sebastian @mattgrayyes "Folks kept drinking the coolant from my dummy load" is such a funny sentence

[concretedog@mastodon.social]

@mattgrayyes absolutely brill. Also here in deepest old N Wales we have lots of pre car infra (for example no road access the last 80meters to my cottage). On lane/track/gatepost bike charging would be utterly useful here.

[zymurgic@mastodon.online]

@jbond @mattgrayyes not a bad idea, since most ebike batteries don't charge particularly fast. Ditto for power tools. There's no reason why my drill batteries don't have USB-C PD at least as an option.
Only problem is most plug socket USB C supplies of the sort you find in cafes and trains only do +5V not the full PD spec.

[jfparis@rouge.eu.org]

@mattgrayyes Brilliant video.

I am amazed that the charger I have to carry is nearly as large as the battery itself.

[tryst@meow.social]

@mattgrayyes I need this for my wheelchair among other things >.>

[krnlg@mastodon.social]

@mattgrayyes
Extremely cool project!

[natanox@chaos.social]

@whophd @alda @theresnotime @mattgrayyes Rip. Hamburg's Hochbahn (Subway and busses) already got combined USB-A & USB-C ports.
I only see them being used very rarely though. They also only put out just enough to charge something like a smartphone (Something between 5V 1A and 2A I think, so 5 to 10W). Almost anyone is carrying a power bank by now capable of way more current.

[krono@toot.berlin]

@mattgrayyes exceptionally nice.

[risc@wetdry.world]

@Natanox in Moscow, Moskva-2020 metro trains only have USB-A (5V@3A), while some buses have USB-A and USB-C. i'm not sure what interfaces Moskva-2024 has

i have never seen either being used

@whophd @alda @theresnotime @mattgrayyes

[m0yng@mastodon.radio]

@mattgrayyes brilliant! Now I'm wondering if you could do faster by replacing the BMS...

[cheetahfluff@nyan.network]

@mattgrayyes the kettle was the funniest thing I've seen all week, lol. Great idea too!

[cinebox@masto.hackers.town]

@Natanox @whophd @alda @theresnotime @mattgrayyes yea I’d rather see the local AC outlet variant than gamble on a USB port