For most modern E-bike batteries, you can charge the battery while connected to the bike and can also remove the battery to charge it. For a small number of the lighter E-bikes, you are not able to remove the battery and have to charge it on the bike.
This depends on the size of the battery you opt for. As a general rule, for every 100 w/h (watt/hours), you will get 10 miles. Most modern batteries will give you at least 25 miles (40km) but that is for the smaller batteries. Some of the dual battery bikes will give you easily over 120 miles (193km)
Again, this depends on the size of the battery, but it can be as little as 4 hours for a full charge, but the majority of batteries will take 6 or 7 hours to fully charge. If you are short of time, it only takes approximately 2 hours to give the battery 50% charge.
I usually advise of three main care tips: -
1) Please, under no circumstances (think feeding Gremlins after midnight), leave the battery sitting on zero charge, especially if you aren’t going to use it for a few days. Modern batteries will lose a bit of charge and then hibernate. If they lose charge while at zero, it can damage the cells and the battery might not wake up again.
2) If you are storing the battery for a length of time, try to avoid leaving it charged to 100% as this can also damage the cells affecting the longevity. 60% is ideal.
3) Avoid leaving the battery in very cold temperatures or very warm temperatures as this will affect the lifetime of the battery and how far you get from each charge. Avoid leaving the battery in direct sunlight.
*A ‘charge cycle’ is a full decharge and a full recharge
