Pedelec

This article is about pedal-assist only e-bikes that are often legally classified as conventional bicycles. For other sorts of e-bikes, see Electric bicycle.

Pedelec (from pedal electric cycle), or EPAC (electrically power-assisted cycle), or EAPC, is the term for electric bicycles or e-bikes where the electric motor is controlled by the rider's pedalling. In many countries this term describes the majority or all electric bicycles legally in use, but is not itself a legal description and as such seldom used. Many jurisdictions classify pedelec-type bicycles almost the same as unmotorized bicycles, with few or no legal restrictions, rather than as mopeds, where the riders are subject to the regulations of such motor vehicles, e.g. having a license, a vehicle registration, insurance, wearing a helmet, or age-restrictions.

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