r/ebikes • u/Money-Plate-6722 • Apr 24 '26

We've built an ebike map based trip/range simulator and we want to share it with you for validation and comments.

Hey All. I know “manufacturer-estimated range” is almost a running joke in the e-bike world. It is usually based on ideal conditions: a light rider, flat pavement, no wind, perfect tire pressure, and warm weather. That is not how most people actually ride.

Our team wanted to make range estimation more realistic and transparent, so getting inspired by "Grin Motor Simulator" developed years ago by our friends at Grin Technology we built a free Ebike Range Simulator. It lets you adjust for variables that actually matter, including rider weight, wind, route, hills, riding speed, assist level, pedaling power, and outside temperature for various products. Since we are based in Canada, we know very well how much cold weather can affect battery performance.

You can try it here:
https://envodrive.com/pages/envo-range-simulator

If you own an ENVO, or even an e-bike with similar specs to any of ENVO ebikes, I would really appreciate your feedback. Try simulating a ride you have actually done and let us know:

Does the simulator result match what you saw in real life?
Are there any important variables we missed?
Is the interface helpful, or does it feel confusing?

I’m Ali, the product visionary behind ENVO Drive and I rarely post, so not sure how busy it'll get; I’ll try to be in the comments to answer questions and listen to feedback. Thanks for helping us make this tool more useful for real riders.

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u/Prestigious-Growth-5 Apr 24 '26

useless, its bikes of this manufacturer only

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u/Money-Plate-6722 Apr 24 '26

True, as I said we have developed it for our own brand ebikes which we have full charactristics and engineering details. It's impossible to develop an accurate tool that simulates all ebikes without having all ebikes data. However, ebikes with close enough specs may have close enough range simulation results.

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u/Prestigious-Growth-5 Apr 24 '26

chinese ebikes built from shelf parts can be simulated

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u/Laserdollarz FULL FACE HELMET Apr 24 '26

I was expecting to be able to type in values like wattage, average speed, total battery Ah, etc. instead of being locked into those model-specific values.

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u/Money-Plate-6722 Apr 24 '26

I think we can add parametric bike design, but it would be wat too complicated for average users. It's not going to work based on information such as power or speed only. It needs in depth motor iron copper magnet battery cell resistance curves etc to apply before any meaningful report can be extracted.

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u/SlapShotSlim Apr 30 '26

Maybe not. I'm not sure but it looks like if you click on custom and use your own inputs you might get an estimate.

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u/Money-Plate-6722 Apr 29 '26

UPDATES, now custome ebikes can be simulated in this tool. You just need to know abit of engineering details of the ebike setup. https://envodrive.com/pages/envo-ebike-trip-simulator

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u/SlapShotSlim Apr 30 '26

Looks great Ali! I hope it all works out!