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Tern GSD S00: Everything You Need to Know

The US GSD S00 card is labeled Gen 1: $4,999 or $5,799, a CX motor, a 250W cell, 75 Nm, and 32.5 kg. A second S00 card is a Cargo Line at 85 Nm and 34.98 kg. Both print a 200 kg gross.

By SickEBike desk

The short answer

Tern still publishes two GSD S00 cards. The Stateside card is labeled Gen 1, at $4,999.00 for 500Wh and $5,799.00 for 1,000Wh. Its motor sentence is a CX at 75 Nm, and a cell prints 250 W, with a cap of 20 mph. Mass is 32.5 kg. A second card is a Cargo Line at 85 Nm and 34.98 kg. Both print a 200 kg gross.

Tern still publishes two bikes under GSD S00. The US card, URL ending in 471, is labeled Gen 1. MSRP is $4,999.00 with one 500Wh pack and $5,799.00 with the 1,000Wh pair. The bullets say a Bosch Performance Line CX, an Enviolo cargo hub, Magura MT5 brakes, and a US speed of 20 mph next to a cell that prints 36 V and 250 W at 75 Nm. Mass is 32.5 kg and 71.7 lb. Gross is 200 kg and 440.9 lb. The row on the list links here.

A compact longtail cargo bicycle parked upright against a brick wall
A compact longtail on its end. Not Tern’s photo, and not a proof of which motor.

Seventy-five newton-metres is not eighty-five.

The US Gen 1 card, and the later S00 card on the Australia and Germany URLs. Not averaged.

What is printed
US, Gen 1CX in the bullets. The watt sentence, filed under the shifter-cable label, reads “Bosch Performance CX, 36 V/250 W… max speed 20 mph (US), max torque 75 Nm.” The battery sentence is filed under the motor label: 500 Wh or 1,000 Wh. Range: 32–62 miles and 62–125 miles. Weight 32.5 kg (71.7 lb). Rider cap 120 kg (264.6 lb). The same label swap is on the German and Dutch copies of that URL.
Australia and GermanyHeadline “Still Small. Even More Useful.” Motor: Bosch Cargo Line, 85 Nm, 400 percent assist, 20 mph in the US line and 25 kph in the EU line. Weight 34.98 kg (77.1 lb). Same 200 kg gross and the same 120 kg rider cap. Range: 31–63 miles and 63–128 miles. Australia’s tag is $9,295. Germany’s is 5.999 €. A German bullet also offers a 400 Wh or 500 Wh add-on, not only the 1,000 Wh pair.

Two hundred fifty watts is what that Gen 1 cell prints. It does not print a peak. This desk will not invent 600 or 750 beside it. Seventy-five and eighty-five share a crank and not a torque figure. Thirty-two point five kilograms and 34.98 kilograms are both written next to a pound figure that matches that card, and they do not match each other. The gross is the number the two cards share: 200 kg, written 440.9 lb. A US checkout and an Australia tag are not one price.

Read the bullets for the product name and the cell for 250 W. Do not build a third motor out of a swapped label.

Who it is for

It is the longtail that parks on its end, with room for two child seats on the Gen 1 bullets. It is not the HSD Gen 2, which is the shorter bike and a different gross. It is not the Fetch+ 4, which is the front box. The US speed line is 20 mph. The class chart is why that is not a 28 mph assist bike. The watt-hour page is the 500 and 1,000 nameplates, next to a cell that printed volts and watts and not watt-hours.

Questions people ask

Why is 250 W printed on that card?+

The spec cell reads 36 V/250 W, 25 kph for Europe, 20 mph on the Stateside line, and 75 Nm. The bullets above it name a Performance Line CX and do not add a peak. This desk did not find 600 W or 750 W there. A continuous figure is not a second motor hiding in the same sentence.

What changed on the heavier card?+

Australia’s motor line is a Cargo Line, 85 Nm, 400 percent assist, and the mass is 34.98 kg and 77.1 lb. Range there is 31 to 63 miles on 500Wh and 63 to 128 on 1,000Wh. The other pair is 32 to 62 and 62 to 125. Germany’s tag is 5.999 €. Australia’s is $9,295. A German bullet also offers a 400Wh add-on.

Do the two cards share a gross?+

Yes. Both print 200 kg and 440.9 lb, and a rider cap of 120 kg and 264.6 lb. That pair is the agreement. Torque, bike mass, and money are not. Vertical parking is the point of the format. It is not a reason to blend 75 and 85 into one hub.

Is the spec block mislabeled?+

On the Gen 1 block, the 250 W sentence sits under the shifter-cable label, and the 500 or 1,000Wh sentence sits under the motor label. The same swap shows up on the German and Dutch copies of that URL. Read the bullets for the product and the cell for the numbers.

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