What might this part be?

[VictorRosenthal]

I've repaired an imported chinese ebike for a friend (a RAT ProLithium from 2015-2016, sold in the Netherlands) but I'm not confident about how the shifter cable for the Shimano Nexus 7 is positioned. There's a mysterious black part in the way of the cable, so the cable makes quite sharp turn to go over that. I don't know how else the cable should go.

Does someone know what this black part is? I'm thinking of removing it, it doesn't seem very essential.

 

[ColinJ]

What's left of a broken kickstand?

 

[wafter]

CCCP tracker.