Showing for me as "Download not available" in Resources, whether I am logged in or not.In today from the DfT:
Guidance on European Type Approval for certain Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (EAPC)
http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/resources/guidance-on-european-type-approval-for-certain-electrically-assisted-pedal-cycles-eapc.11/
Has anyone else been sent this from the DfT? (Still marked as a ‘draft’ and a ‘short consultation’ in ‘due course’ will decide on penalties for not having type approval in the UK apparently).
I emailed them to ask about contradicting roll out dates for twist and go type approval (Jan 2016 or Jan 2017) and for details on the process manufacturers will need to go through to obtain type approval from 2016 – since we’re already here
This pdf is their reply just in (see link above to Resources). From a quick look through..
The doc says that from now until 2018 (a new date in the equation I think?) the only type approval requirement for an in-scope EAPC is lighting, in the form of an ‘automatic headlamp’ (ISO 6742-1:1987 comes on automatically when bike is in motion). Type approval for the same from Jan 2018 will encompass broader requirements.
As we know, speed pedelecs and those exceeding 250w are classified as mopeds & require type approval (L1e-A up to 1000kw/25kmh, L1e-B 4kw/45kmh).
However 5 (b) Q&A talks about over-speed/over-power non-EAPCs and seems to imply speed pedelecs with a full throttle can be type approved since it says ‘regardless of the precise mode of power assistance’.
Previously I wasn’t sure speed pedelecs with open throttle could be type approved to L1e-B, I thought only L1e-A was available for twist & gos and that’s up to 25kmh, so technically no category.
The doc doesn’t go into the detail I asked about type approval procedure, but seems to be quite confident that the VCA can type approve a ‘vehicle range’. I’ll leave that, and the rest, up for discussion
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