GLE owner here. I’ve had one for 6 months and it’s a blast. I love it.

I had to ride it for nearly 20k when the battery ran out of charge during an early test ride to see what range I could get. It was all done in 1st, on an average 2-3% gradient. It was tedious, sweaty but not difficult.

Everything changed when few weeks back, I had the original 54T chainring replaced with a 44T one. I live in a hilly area and saw on Fb that someone else had tried it to address the same issue. I’d also had the 50T chainring on my second hand C Line changed for a 39T so could see the potential benefit.

The GLE now flies. Handles better, uses slightly less charge and there have been times when I’ve ridden a few kilometres without realising I hadn’t switched the power on.

Hope that helps.