Patent ID: 7156780

Claim:
An electric drive system operated with muscle-power ( 1 ) for a vehicle ( 2 ), said electric drive system comprising a foot pedal ( 5 ) and a generator ( 6 ) mechanically connected to the foot pedal, an electric transmission ( 4 ) from the generator ( 6 ) to a drive motor ( 11 ), and an electric control system ( 20 ), wherein the electric control system comprises a control program ( 21 ) of the generator ( 6 ), with which a counter moment (GM) on the generator, related to the forwards pedaling direction (v), is generatable, wherein the drive system comprises a starting control ( 22 ) of the generator with which, when the foot pedal is actuated from standstill, an immediately occurring pedal resistance (TW) is generated and with which a high starting moment (MA) is generated at the foot pedal when starting from standstill up to a minimum riding speed.