How can you confirm the claims of the manufacturer, regarding the output of the motor and the power of the battery? There is no testing agency to verify claims I have seen grossly exaggerated claims of battery output, not with e-bikes, but with RC equipment, plus claims of things like SD card memory which were completely bogus.
You are correct, the batteries are not something you can open up and count cells, and motors need a special rig to test torque or power output. I can tell you from real-world testing that different bikes have huge differences in performance even with identical motors or identical claimed battery output, not to mention controllers. Any single lower quality component can change the performance of the entire unit. Real world testing and comparing test data is one of the best ways to tell the good from the bad, without being able to bench-test each component individually
How can you confirm the claims of the manufacturer, regarding the output of the motor and the power of the battery?
There is no testing agency to verify claims
I have seen grossly exaggerated claims of battery output, not with e-bikes, but with RC equipment, plus claims of things like SD card memory which were completely bogus.
You are correct, the batteries are not something you can open up and count cells, and motors need a special rig to test torque or power output. I can tell you from real-world testing that different bikes have huge differences in performance even with identical motors or identical claimed battery output, not to mention controllers. Any single lower quality component can change the performance of the entire unit.
Real world testing and comparing test data is one of the best ways to tell the good from the bad, without being able to bench-test each component individually