This paper presents the performance characteristics of a locally-developed electric tricycle (E-Trike) in the Philippines that is intended for adoption for the public transport system. Both on-road testing and laboratory testing through a chassis dynamometer are performed on the vehicle to characterize the energy economy (km/kWh) in varying operating conditions. The performance characterization was aimed at determining the optimal operating conditions of the vehicle in order to obtain the best range. Mileage measurements from initial on-road testing resulted to 18.85 km/kWh, 13.90 km/kWh, and 13.01 km/kWh for no load, half load, and full load conditions, respectively. These peak vehicle efficiencies are observed to occur when the electric motor was operating at its rated 3000 RPM. The rated motor RPM, depending on the load, translates to a range of 20-25 km/h of actual vehicle speed. Using an urban drive cycle with an average speed of 14 km/h for chassis dynamometer testing, the E-Trike recorded an average mileage of 10.70 km/kWh.


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    Title :

    Performance Characterization of a Developed Battery Electric Tricycle




    Publication date :

    2023-11-28


    Size :

    1455707 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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