Human-powered vehicle suitable for compact storage

A method for recharging batteries of all or some of a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle comprising a structure of a human-powered vehicle, the structure comprising at least one coupling kit comprising a fastening zone and a complementary fastening zone, the fastening zone being configured to be coupled to a complementary fastening zone presented by a similar vehicle or by a terminal, said each vehicle comprising a microcontroller, a pedal-assist device and a battery configured to power the pedal-assist device, the vehicles coupled to one another being called a stock, the stock being coupled to a terminal connected to an electrical supply, the terminal comprising the complementary fastening zone configured to couple to the fastening zone of the vehicles, the method comprising:

• determining a master microcontroller from among the microcontrollers of the coupled vehicles of the stock;
• communicating to a master module, a list of the coupled vehicles of the stock and a status of the battery of each coupled vehicle of the stock;
• selecting at least one battery from the stock to be charged;
• communicating by the master module, a command to the microcontroller of each coupled vehicle of the stock to connect said at least one battery selected to be charged to a charge circuit connected to the electrical supply and disconnect all non-selected batteries of the stock;
• recharging said at least one battery selected to be charged;
• and
• wherein a number of said at least one battery selected to be charged is restricted to a predetermined number, said at least one battery selected to be charged having a charge level less than a predetermined threshold and from among the batteries of the coupled vehicles connected at a predetermined distance from a free end of the stock, the free end being distal from the terminal.

A method for recharging batteries of all or some of a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle comprising a structure of a human-powered vehicle, the structure comprising at least one coupling kit comprising a fastening zone and a complementary fastening zone, the fastening zone being configured to be coupled to a complementary fastening zone presented by a similar vehicle or by a terminal, said each vehicle comprising a microcontroller, a pedal-assist device and a battery configured to power the pedal-assist device, the vehicles coupled to one another being called a stock, the stock being coupled to a terminal connected to an electrical supply, the terminal comprising a microcontroller and the complementary fastening zone configured to couple to the fastening zone of the vehicles, the method comprising:

• communicating to a master module, a list of the coupled vehicles of the stock and a status of the battery of each coupled vehicle of the stock;
• selecting at least one battery from the stock to be charged;
• determining a master microcontroller from among the microcontrollers of the coupled vehicles of the stock or the microcontroller of the terminal;
• communicating by the master module, a command to the microcontroller of each coupled vehicle of the stock to connect said at least one battery selected to be charged to a charge circuit connected to the electrical supply and disconnect all non-selected batteries of the stock;
• and
• recharging said at least one battery selected to be charged.