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Past and present life of electric power assisted bicycle（1）

At the beginning of May, China International Electric Bicycle exhibition attracted more than 1000 exhibitors. The "electric power assisted bicycle" of this conference rose suddenly, and many vehicle manufacturers brought their own Electric Bikes For Adults products. The goal of a large number of foreign procurement merchants this time is also "electric power assisted bicycle", which is related to the strong demand for Foldable Electric Bike in Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries, as well as the expectation of the good trend of electric power assisted self driving in the face of the overall cooling of the Electric Mountain Bike industry by foreign manufacturers.

What is an electric power assisted bicycle? What is the difference between it and the electric bicycle in our cognition? Why is there strong demand in the European market but lack of awareness at home? Let this article help you sort out the development history of electric power assisted bicycle, the difficulties in technology research and development, and the electric power assisted models using other alternative technologies.
First of all, we should clarify the essential difference between "electric power assisted bicycle" and "electric bicycle".
Electric bicycle originated in Japan in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is called pas (power assist system), that is, "electric power assisted bicycle". In Japan, electric bicycles are only allowed to use proportional power assist control system, that is, they must be in the mixed operation mode of "manpower + electricity", rather than pure electric mode. Therefore, Japanese electric bicycles are actually "electric power assisted bicycles".