Bafang’s new electric bike motors produce 8x your own pedaling power

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/bafang-motors-head-1.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bafang has never exactly been known for building timid e-bike motors, but its latest pair of high-performance e-MTB drives takes things to a whole new level. We’re talking up to 1,700 watts of peak power, 150 Nm of torque, and 800% pedal assistance.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">At that point, “pedal assist” is starting to do some pretty heavy lifting as a phrase.</p>