28 VI User Manual | Impulse Ergo Pedelec
8 Battery
Your battery is a lithium-ion battery, the ideal type of bat-
tery for this application.
One of the main benets of this battery is its low weight
combined with a high capacity.
8.1 Straightforward charging
› Damaged batteries can not be charged, and
rther use is not permitted.
› The battery may heat up during charging. A maxi-
mum temperature of 45°C may be reached. If the
battery becomes any warmer than this, suspend
the charging process immediately.
› During the charging process, the battery must be
positioned on an even, non-ammable surface.
The charger must not be covered.
• There is no memory eect. You can therefore lly
recharge your battery aer every trip.
• Recharge the battery aer every trip. This means
you can set o immediately the next time you use
your bike and you also increase the service life of
the battery.
• If you are not using the battery, you have to re-
charge it aer 6 months.
7.4 Riding your Pedelec eciently
You can monitor and inuence the cost of your journeys
with the Pedelec yourself. You can reduce your consump-
tion and therefore costs by following the tips for increas-
ing the range.
The operating costs for power assist with an 11 Ah battery
are calculated as follows:
• A new battery costs roughly 599euros.
• Throughout the total service life of a battery, you
can cover 80 kilometres with one charge cycle on
average.
• You can charge the battery roughly 1,100 times.
• 1,100 charging cycles x 80km = 88,000km
• 599euros: 88,000km = 0.68 euro cents per
kilometre.
• You use roughly 0.565kWh to lly charge the
battery. Assuming a unit price of 23.5euro cents
per kWh, it costs you 13.27euro cents to lly
charge the battery.
• To cover the average range of 80kilometres, it
costs you 67.67euro cents.
• This means the cost of consumption and the bat-
tery is a maximum of 0.85euro cents/km.
The sample calculation has been carried out based on Ger-
man energy prices. The operating costs may vary depend-
ing on the energy prices you pay.