Freegen Explained

THANKS FOR JOINING THE PREMIERE! The Q&A follow up can be seen on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqD70YcWvGY *************************************** In this video Justin does a deep dive explaining the most exciting innovation to ebike hub motors in decades. Freegen is a novel modification to motor design that allows geared hub motors to both freewheel with no drag AND ALSO do regenerative braking. There is no longer a trade-off of one or the other. And it does this without any of the extra complexity of a traditional controlled clutch. This new idea from the Israeli company Charge not only solves that problem, it also provides a proportional regen based on how hard the lever is squeezed AND it can maintain that braking force even when the batteries are fully charged, something not possible with traditional controls. 0:00 - Intro 0:48 - To Freewheel or To Regen? 2:36 - The Freegen Solution 4:36 - Automatic Brake Modulation 7:57 - First Prototypes 8:49 - Energy Diversion with Charged Batteries 10:35 - Braking with No Battery 12:38 - Torque Arm Simplicity 14:18 - Further Appeal 15:10 - Disadvantages 16:05 - Invention Hoorah This 20 minute video premiered on Tuesday at 12pm PST and was followed by a live Q&A session from Justin and the inventors to field audience questions and discuss where this technology is headed.