What are electric bikes? Here's all you need to know about this latest sensation

The modern world is the most technologically advanced than mankind has ever been. We are advancing at a rapid rate. Everything that we use in our lives is becoming technologically charged. From homes to vehicles to even the smallest accessories we use in our daily lives. In this rapid urbanization of today's lives, technology has indeed made lives easier for many of us. Some examples are Smartphones, which have connected the whole world at our fingertips. Knowledge, connection with people, ordering groceries and stuff online, the smartphones have done it all. Like such, many big and small inventions all around the world in the field of artificial intelligence, electronics, etc have taken mankind to a whole new level.

Since olden times, man has always tried to discover ways in which he would travel faster. The early humans, say the Neanderthal Man, walked on foot for long hours to hunt and gather food and essentials for shelter. It was cumbersome and not efficient at all, given at times they needed to travel long distances in a short time. After the Neanderthals were long gone, mankind made a revolutionary discovery : The Wheel. The wheel revolutionized how people traveled from one place to another. From early carts to carriages and from carriages to cars, buses, trains, bikes, scooters and so on. The vehicles have changed as humans have traveled from one place to another. After the invention of the modern day vehicles, fossil fuels were put into use for the working of these machines. Coal, petroleum and natural gas are the most used fuels when it comes to vehicles. It was fine until some time until humans began exploiting it. With the rapid increase in public and private vehicles, fossil fuels began depleting. Along with the looming threat of the complete exhaustion of fossil fuels, there was a surge in global warming as cars, bikes, buses etc generated a lot of carbon dioxide filled smoke which increased air pollution and created holes in the ozone layer. 

People have realized that nature is the very root of our existence and it's preservation is important, now more than ever. Fossil fuels are a part of exhaustible power resources as it takes millions of years to form and if once depleted, it will take several million more years to replenish it. 

With the advancement in technology and with growing concerns about our planet, people have begun the application of renewable energy in our transportation. Renewable energy are the sources of energy which can be replenished in a short while, for example : solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, water energy etc. Electricity is one such energy. It is generated by every type of renewable energy source. 

Influential tech companies have already started manufacturing electric vehicles and today we are going to talk about electric bikes.

Electric bikes, Electronic Bike or E-Bikes in simple words, are motorized bicycles which run on electricity. They have an integrated electric motor and are used to abet propulsion. Many US patents were registered in the 1890s for the invention of the Electronic Bike. Different inventors added their inventions into the bikes and applied for their patents. 

From 1993-2004, there was a steady growth in the sales of E-Bikes, a 35% increase. 

Electric bikes work just like any regular bike but with added benefits of electrical components, which facilitate the working of the electronic motor, electronic display and other features. This also includes separate mechanisms like an e-bike controller. An e-bike controller is a device which connects all the different parts of the bike for its smooth functioning. At Hey Bike , we have an array of different controllers for you to choose from. Our products are as follows :

1. Brushed DC Motor Controller ( motor type) : This ebike controller comes with permanent magnets along with a collector and the design is much simpler than the other controllers. The controllers are a set of keys which regulate the amount of energy flowing in.
2. Brushless DC Motor Controller (motor type) : these controllers are superior as compared to the one above and have permanent magnets. They are highly efficient and reliable.
3. E-bike controller by functionality : BLDC motors along with sensors. These motors are based on the hall effect. The BLDC motor controllers are enabled with hall sensors which help them to direct the rotor's position according to the stator.

So these were some controllers which you can get on your e-bike. One should also consider some of these points before buying controllers for their bikes like : their bike's battery and phase current, controller's power and voltage, the current rating of the controller etc. E-Bikes are the future of transportation in modern times and are delivering well so far.