Three things…
Shimano clearly agrees with you hence their new semi-wireless shifting where the shifters have their own batteries but the derailleur(s) are hard wired to a central battery.
Once e~bikes have a plug in for said derailleurs it will be nothing for SRAM to sell a wired setup that plugs in in place of the battery on an AXS derailleur.
Having extra batteries to charge on an e~bike only seems dumb until you see some of the cable routing out there. I’ve worked on a few bikes this year where wireless derailleurs would be exponential improvements.
Sept. 24, 2021, 8:10 a.m. - Andrew Major
Three things… Shimano clearly agrees with you hence their new semi-wireless shifting where the shifters have their own batteries but the derailleur(s) are hard wired to a central battery. Once e~bikes have a plug in for said derailleurs it will be nothing for SRAM to sell a wired setup that plugs in in place of the battery on an AXS derailleur. Having extra batteries to charge on an e~bike only seems dumb until you see some of the cable routing out there. I’ve worked on a few bikes this year where wireless derailleurs would be exponential improvements.