Motor design for ‘ePVScooter’ an electric scooter integrated with portable photovoltaic charger system

Abstract

This paper proposes the motor design of ‘ePVScooter’, an electric scooter with portable photovoltaic charger function and electrical outlet charger function. The Brushless DC electric motor (BLDC) is chosen and installed at front wheel. The proposed BLDC is rated 36V 500W. The proposed motor is allowed the maximum speed up to 40km/h (with payload 70 kg). In order to minimize the driving transmission losses, the BLDC direct drive is used. To enhance the stabilizing system, the 3-wheel scooter concept is also chosen. This allows the increasing of the payload up to 100 kilograms. Moreover, this proposed motor also validated against the prototype ‘ePVScooter’ in order to ensure its performance.